By Tanaka Juntoko Minko (1735-1816), signed hachi-ju ichi sai Minko 珉江 and kakihan Japan, Tsu, dated 1816, Edo period (1615-1868) Depicting a decidedly male recumbent boar with its front legs placed afore yet tucked underneath the body forming a compact composition. The fur typically incised, the ridged spine is expressed ending in a small bushy tail, and the eyes are double inlaid in brass and dark horn. Signed on the two hindfeet hachi-ju sai MINKO and with a kakihan [Minko at the age of eighty-one (the year of his death)]. Natural himotoshi. LENGTH 4.7 cm Condition: Good condition with associated surface wear. Provenance: European collection. Auction comparison: A similar netsuke by Minko was recently sold at Bonhams, Fine Netsuke from a French Private Collection, 4 November 2020, London, lot 97 (sold for 3,562 GBP). Literature comparison: Compare to a netsuke of a boar by Minko, signed at the age of 62, in Rosemary, Bandini (2014) Japanese netsuke from the collection of Teddy Hahn, no. 31.
By Tanaka Juntoko Minko (1735-1816), signed hachi-ju ichi sai Minko 珉江 and kakihan Japan, Tsu, dated 1816, Edo period (1615-1868) Depicting a decidedly male recumbent boar with its front legs placed afore yet tucked underneath the body forming a compact composition. The fur typically incised, the ridged spine is expressed ending in a small bushy tail, and the eyes are double inlaid in brass and dark horn. Signed on the two hindfeet hachi-ju sai MINKO and with a kakihan [Minko at the age of eighty-one (the year of his death)]. Natural himotoshi. LENGTH 4.7 cm Condition: Good condition with associated surface wear. Provenance: European collection. Auction comparison: A similar netsuke by Minko was recently sold at Bonhams, Fine Netsuke from a French Private Collection, 4 November 2020, London, lot 97 (sold for 3,562 GBP). Literature comparison: Compare to a netsuke of a boar by Minko, signed at the age of 62, in Rosemary, Bandini (2014) Japanese netsuke from the collection of Teddy Hahn, no. 31.
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