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95. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING THREE MUSHROOMS
In the style…
See original version (French)
95
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95. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING THREE MUSHROOMS
In the style…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €3,500
Voluntary lot
Description
95. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING THREE MUSHROOMS
In the style of Masanao of Ise, with additions by Jikan Ganbun, 19th century
A WOOD NETSUKE OF THREE MUSHROOMS
Style of Masanao of Ise, with additions by Jikan Ganbun, 19th century
The broad headed fungi with joined stalks forming the himotoshi, inlaid with seven metal ants; signed on an ebony tablet Jikan Ganbun.
4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) long
Provenance:
Purchased at Sotheby's London, in 1966 (by repute).
Edward Wrangham Collection.
Bonhams London, 9 November 2010, lot 126.
木彫根付 椎茸に蟻 銘「自侃 眼文」 19世紀
The original netsuke of mushrooms was probably made in Nagoya or in Ise during the first half of the 19th century, the ants being added by Ganbun at a later date.
See original version (French)
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