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107. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING THREE CHESTNUTS
With additi…
See original version (French)
107
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107. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING THREE CHESTNUTS
With additi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
107. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING THREE CHESTNUTS
With additions by Ichinomiya Nagayoshi, early 19th century
A WOOD NETSUKE OF THREE CHESTNUTS
With additions by Ichinomiya Nagayoshi, early 19th century
Two large chestnuts resting over a flattened nut, naturalistically rendered in well-toned wood; signed on an inlaid silver tablet Ganryushi Ichinomiya Nagayoshi with kao.
4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.) long
Provenance:
Purchased from Sotheby's London, in 1964 (by repute).
Edward Wrangham Collection.
Bonhams London, 9 November 2010, lot 102.
Published:
Bernard Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors, New York, 1973, p. 210, no. 874.
木彫根付 栗 銘「元龍子 一宮長義(花押）」 19世紀前期
Ichinomiya Nagayoshi, a student of Nagatsune, was a well-known maker of sword fittings and it is probable that the signature was added to an existing wood netsuke.
See original version (French)
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