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.
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.
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