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124. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING A SNAKE
By Tametaka, Nagoya…
See original version (French)
124
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124. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING A SNAKE
By Tametaka, Nagoya…
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
124. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING A SNAKE
By Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th century
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAKE
By Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th century
Coiled in tight loops with its head at the top and a natural gap forming the himotoshi, the compact composition in slightly worn and well-patinated wood; signed in a rectangular reserve Tametaka.
3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Provenance:
Isaacson Collection.
Bonhams London, 8 November 2011, lot 172.
Harriet Szechenyi Collection, Zurich.
Bonhams London, 8 May 2016, lot 23.
Published:
Rosemary Bandini, Shishi and Other Netsuke, The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi, London, 1999, p. 82, no. 116.
木彫根付 蛇 銘「為隆」 18世紀
For a very similar example in the British Museum, see Richard Barker and Lawrence Smith, Netsuke, The Miniature Sculpture of Japan, London, 1976, p. 95, no. 164.
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