Lot 48: * A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century

Name: * A boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, early 19th century
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: b0b417f8ce

Est: £2,500 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMay 15, 2019

Item Overview

Description

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.

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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