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Lot 47*
A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
15 May 2019, 14:00 BST
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A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
The tusk carved to one end with a spider, its legs partially undercut, the ferns delicately engraved above in kebori, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunsho chokoku (Seiyodo Bunsho carved this by the Eno River in Iwami Province). 10.8cm (4¼in).
The tusk carved to one end with a spider, its legs partially undercut, the ferns delicately engraved above in kebori, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunsho chokoku (Seiyodo Bunsho carved this by the Eno River in Iwami Province). 10.8cm (4¼in).
Footnotes
猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章彫刻」 19世紀前期
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.108, no.88.
























