A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of tengu no tamago (hatching tengu) By Tatekawa Senshiro Tomitane (Takusai, 1817-1887), Suwa, Shinano Province, mid-late 19th century The karasu (crow-beaked) tengu levering itself out of its egg as it fledges, its claws gripping the broken shell with its wings trailing over the back, the pupils inlaid in dark horn; signed in an oval reserve Tatekawa Tomitane to (carved by Tatekawa Tomitane). 3.5cm (1 3/8in). Fußnoten 黒柿彫根付 天狗の卵 銘「立川富種刀」 19世紀中期/後期 Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1057. Earle, Huthart, p.317, no.287.
A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of tengu no tamago (hatching tengu) By Tatekawa Senshiro Tomitane (Takusai, 1817-1887), Suwa, Shinano Province, mid-late 19th century The karasu (crow-beaked) tengu levering itself out of its egg as it fledges, its claws gripping the broken shell with its wings trailing over the back, the pupils inlaid in dark horn; signed in an oval reserve Tatekawa Tomitane to (carved by Tatekawa Tomitane). 3.5cm (1 3/8in). Fußnoten 黒柿彫根付 天狗の卵 銘「立川富種刀」 19世紀中期/後期 Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1057. Earle, Huthart, p.317, no.287.
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