A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a frog in bamboo By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century The frog levering itself out of a broken-off section of bamboo, the two-toned wood used to good effect, the eyes inlaid in translucent horn; signed on one end with large characters Goho. 5.1cm (2in). Fußnoten 黒柿彫根付 竹に蛙 銘 「五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Published: Earle, Huthart, p.183, no.157. A somewhat similar example in boxwood, sold in Part I of this collection, 15 May 2019, lot 73, is illustrated by N. Davey, MTH, no.776.
A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a frog in bamboo By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century The frog levering itself out of a broken-off section of bamboo, the two-toned wood used to good effect, the eyes inlaid in translucent horn; signed on one end with large characters Goho. 5.1cm (2in). Fußnoten 黒柿彫根付 竹に蛙 銘 「五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Published: Earle, Huthart, p.183, no.157. A somewhat similar example in boxwood, sold in Part I of this collection, 15 May 2019, lot 73, is illustrated by N. Davey, MTH, no.776.
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