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A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a taro leaf By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century image 1
A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a taro leaf By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century image 2
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A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a taro leaf
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century

15 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a taro leaf

By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The striped frog of lightly-stained wood squatting on a folded leaf, the textures of the skin of the frog contrasting with the veining of the large leaf which are rendered in ukibori, the eyes inlaid, signed with ukibori characters Ishikawa Seiyodo Tomiharu horu (carved by the Ishikawa River by Seiyodo Tomiharu). 6.4cm (2½in).

Footnotes

黄楊彫根付 芋の葉に乗る蛙 銘 「石河青陽堂富春彫」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance:
Charles A. Greenfield Collection.

Published:
Stern, MTCG, p.99.
Hurtig, MNA, p.70, cat.no.217.
Stern, BBBB, p.174.
Rokusho 20, p.10, no.10.
Burditt, ICWT, p.35, fig.11.
Earle, Huthart, p.59, no.40.

For similar studies, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, pp.1124-5.

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