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Auction archive: Lot number 29*

A boar-tusk netsuke with a centipede, ferns and poems

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,221 - US$3,866
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 29*

A boar-tusk netsuke with a centipede, ferns and poems

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,221 - US$3,866
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A boar-tusk netsuke with a centipede, ferns and poems By Tominaga, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century Carved in relief with a long centipede, the reverse engraved in delicate kebori with a spray of ferns and ten waka poems in minute calligraphy; signed Kashi no yadori Tominaga kore o chokoku (Tominaga carved this at his lodging in Kashi) with a kao. 11.2cm (4 3/8in). Fußnoten 猪牙彫根付 蜈蚣 銘 「可志廼舎富永彫刻之(花押)」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance: Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Published: Earle, Huthart, p.102, no.83.

Auction archive: Lot number 29*
Auction:
Datum:
6 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

A boar-tusk netsuke with a centipede, ferns and poems By Tominaga, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century Carved in relief with a long centipede, the reverse engraved in delicate kebori with a spray of ferns and ten waka poems in minute calligraphy; signed Kashi no yadori Tominaga kore o chokoku (Tominaga carved this at his lodging in Kashi) with a kao. 11.2cm (4 3/8in). Fußnoten 猪牙彫根付 蜈蚣 銘 「可志廼舎富永彫刻之(花押)」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance: Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Published: Earle, Huthart, p.102, no.83.

Auction archive: Lot number 29*
Auction:
Datum:
6 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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