A large boar-tusk netsuke with a centipede by Nagami Iwao, Iwami Province, dated 1810 Th tusk of pronounced curvature, carved in relief with a centipede; signed Bunka shichi kanoe-uma chuka Iwami-no-kuni Mihashiyama no shita Iseo no hotori Nagami Iwao chokoku (carved by Nagami Iwao of Iwami Province by Ise marsh at the foot of Mount Mihashi in mid-summer in the seventh, kanoe-uma, year of Bunka [1810]) with two seals Ei (Naga) and Ei (Teru). 11.7cm (4 5/8in). Fußnoten 猪牙彫根付 蜈蚣 銘 「文化七庚午仲夏石見国三階山下伊勢汚邊永見巌彫刻」 1810年 Published: Rokusho 20, p.64, no.88. Earle, Huthart, p.210, no.182. Mount Mihashi is located about 30 kilometres to the west of the Eno River. Nagami Iwao, whose work is rarely seen, was renowned as a potter but also studied the art of netsuke carving under Seiyodo Tomiharu. For a very similar example, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.810.
A large boar-tusk netsuke with a centipede by Nagami Iwao, Iwami Province, dated 1810 Th tusk of pronounced curvature, carved in relief with a centipede; signed Bunka shichi kanoe-uma chuka Iwami-no-kuni Mihashiyama no shita Iseo no hotori Nagami Iwao chokoku (carved by Nagami Iwao of Iwami Province by Ise marsh at the foot of Mount Mihashi in mid-summer in the seventh, kanoe-uma, year of Bunka [1810]) with two seals Ei (Naga) and Ei (Teru). 11.7cm (4 5/8in). Fußnoten 猪牙彫根付 蜈蚣 銘 「文化七庚午仲夏石見国三階山下伊勢汚邊永見巌彫刻」 1810年 Published: Rokusho 20, p.64, no.88. Earle, Huthart, p.210, no.182. Mount Mihashi is located about 30 kilometres to the west of the Eno River. Nagami Iwao, whose work is rarely seen, was renowned as a potter but also studied the art of netsuke carving under Seiyodo Tomiharu. For a very similar example, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.810.
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