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May. 15, 2019
* An ebony netsuke of a recumbent dog By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), early 19th century
Est: £4,000 - £4,500
An ebony netsuke of a recumbent dog By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), early 19th centuryThe plump dog resting with its legs drawn in for compactness, its coat meticulously rendered, its eyes inlaid in horn, signed in ukibori characters Seiyodo Bunshojo. 5.9cm (2 3/8in). 黒檀彫根付　犬　銘「青陽堂文章女」　19世紀前期Published:Shichida Makoto, Shimizu Iwao - Sculptor of Iwami, Part 5, JINCS, vol.3, no.4, March 1976, p.17.Rokusho 20, p.26, no.28.Earle, Huthart, p.137, no.119.
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May. 15, 2019
* An ebony netsuke of a frog on a lotus leaf By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
Est: £3,000 - £3,500
An ebony netsuke of a frog on a lotus leaf By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryThe frog resting diagonally on the folded leaf, its veins carved in low relief and ukibori, the eyes of pale and dark horn, signed with ukibori characters Seiyodo Bunshojo horu (carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo). 6.3cm (2½in). 黒檀彫根付　蓮の葉に蛙　銘「青陽堂文章女彫」　19世紀前期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.135, no.117.
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May. 15, 2019
* An ebony netsuke of a tortoise By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
An ebony netsuke of a tortoise By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryThe tortoise with its head emerging and facing ahead while its legs and tail are retracted within its shell, the central segment removable to form the himotoshi, faintly signed ... kawa Seiyodo Tomiharu no musume Bunsho chokoku (carved by Bunsho, daughter of Seiyodo Tomiharu by the ... River). 5.7cm (2¼in). 黒檀彫根付　亀　銘「囗囗河青陽堂富春女文章彫刻」　19世紀初期Published:Lazarnick, NIA, p.318. Earle, Huthart, p.131, no.113.
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May. 15, 2019
* A buffalo-horn netsuke of a snail on a bamboo section By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), early 19th century
Est: £4,000 - £5,000
A buffalo-horn netsuke of a snail on a bamboo section By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), early 19th centuryA snail gliding over the top of a cut length of bamboo with four prominent nodes, signed Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo). 5.8cm (2¼in) high. 水牛の角彫根付　竹に蝸牛　銘「青陽堂文章女彫刻」　19世紀前期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.124, no.104.
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May. 15, 2019
* An ebony netsuke of a snake Attributed to Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), dated 1808
Est: £4,000 - £4,500
An ebony netsuke of a snake Attributed to Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), dated 1808Its body tightly coiled in several loops with its head resting on top, signed Bunka go[...] tatsu gogatsu kichinichi (a lucky day in the fifth month of the fifth, dragon, year of Bunka [1808]). 4.5cm (1¾in). 黒檀彫根付　蛇　銘「文化五口辰五月吉日」　1808年Published:Ducros, NS, p.94, no.193.Earle, Huthart, p.122, no.103.
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May. 15, 2019
* A boar-tusk netsuke of a spider on a taro leaf By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1830
Est: £3,500 - £4,000
A boar-tusk netsuke of a spider on a taro leaf By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1830A spider sitting on a folded taro leaf, its legs undercut, the veins of the leaf finely carved, signed Iji Bunsei jusan kanoe-tora shunshin Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (carved by the Eno River by Seiyodo Bunshojo in spring of the thirteenth, kanoe-tora, year of Bunsei [1830]). 10.5cm (4 1/8in) long. 猪牙彫根付　芋葉に蜘蛛　銘「維時文政十三庚寅春辰石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻」　1830年Provenance:Imai Kenzo Collection.Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.316.Earle, Huthart, p.112, no.92.
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May. 15, 2019
* A boar-tusk netsuke with a minogame and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1826
Est: £3,000 - £3,500
A boar-tusk netsuke with a minogame and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1826The small tusk carved in low relief with a minogame, its long tail trailing at the back above ferns which are delicately engraved in kebori, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo rokujusansai chokoku (Seiyodo Bunshojo carved this at the age of sixty-three by the Eno River in Iwami Province). 10cm (3 7/8in). 猪牙彫根付　蓑亀　銘「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女六十三歳彫刻」　1826年Published: Earle, Huthart, p.111, no.91.
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May. 15, 2019
* A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
Est: £2,500 - £3,000
A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryThe tusk of pronounced curvature, carved towards the narrow end with a large spider, its body with etched markings and its legs undercut, delicately engraved with ferns above, signed Nihon San'indo Iwami Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (Seiyodo Bunshojo carved this by the Eno River in the San'indo region of Japan) with a pot seal. 10.8cm (4¼in). 猪牙彫根付　蜘蛛　銘「日本山陰道石見可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻」 19世紀前期Published:Rokusho 20, p.27, no.30.Earle, Huthart, p.110, no.90.
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May. 15, 2019
* A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
Est: £3,500 - £4,000
A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryThe tusk carved to one end with a spider, its legs partially undercut, the ferns delicately engraved above in kebori, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunsho chokoku (Seiyodo Bunsho carved this by the Eno River in Iwami Province). 10.8cm (4¼in). 猪牙彫根付　蜘蛛　銘「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章彫刻」　19世紀前期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.108, no.88.
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May. 15, 2019
* A boar-tusk netsuke of a centipede and ferns with a poem By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
A boar-tusk netsuke of a centipede and ferns with a poem By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryCarved in low relief, the centipede clambering along the length of the tusk, the concave side decorated with ferns and a poem by Kawara no Sadaijin from the love-poem section of the Kokinwakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems), signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo by the Eno River in Iwami Province). 12.2cm (4¾in). 猪牙彫根付　蜈蚣に和歌　銘「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻」　19世紀前期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.104, no.85.The translation of the inscribed poem reads:'Like a patterned cloth / tangle-dyed in Shinobu / in the farthest north - / it must be / because of you / that my heart is in / turmoil'
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Nov. 06, 2018
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG - By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838),
Est: £4,000 - £5,000
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century Signed Bunshojo chokoku. 6cm (2 3/8in) wide. 黒檀彫根付　蓮葉に蛙　銘「文章女彫刻」 19世紀前期 Provenance: Gordon Fox collection. Published: Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.183, no.K625. The frog seated atop a large folded lotus leaf, the arterial veins carved in relief and the elaborate minor veins carved in ukibori, the eyes inlaid in pale and dark horn. For other examples by Bunshojo, see Davey, MTH, p.248, no.767, and Lazarnick, NIA, pp.319 and 322.
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