Lot 50: * A boar-tusk netsuke of a spider on a taro leaf By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1830

Name: * A boar-tusk netsuke of a spider on a taro leaf By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1830
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: 1a94aef955

Est: £3,500 GBP - £4,000 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMay 15, 2019

Item Overview

Description

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.

Artist or Maker

Bunshojo

Auction Details

The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Iwami Netsuke

Bonhams

May 15, 2019, 02:00 PM BST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK

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