MASANAO: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD WITH YOUNG
MASANAO: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD WITH YOUNG
By a member of the Masanao family, signed Masanao 正直
Japan, Yamada, Ise province, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Naturalistically carved, the large toad resting its rotund stomach on its front feet while sitting on its haunches, its young clambering on top of its back. The skin is finely rendered with raised, warty skin which smoothens along the belly showing the superb grain of the wood; the eyes are inlaid in lustrous dark horn. Natural himotoshi and signed to the underside MASANAO.
HEIGHT 3.6 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, a few cracks to the wood.
Provenance: Collection Gabor Orszagh, Budapest, Hungary.
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Compare a closely related boxwood study of a toad and young, signed Masanao, at Bonhams, Japanese Works of Art, 19 Sept 2008, New York, lot 5097 (sold for EUR 3,000).
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MASANAO: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD WITH YOUNG
By a member of the Masanao family, signed Masanao 正直
Japan, Yamada, Ise province, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Naturalistically carved, the large toad resting its rotund stomach on its front feet while sitting on its haunches, its young clambering on top of its back. The skin is finely rendered with raised, warty skin which smoothens along the belly showing the superb grain of the wood; the eyes are inlaid in lustrous dark horn. Natural himotoshi and signed to the underside MASANAO.
HEIGHT 3.6 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, a few cracks to the wood.
Provenance: Collection Gabor Orszagh, Budapest, Hungary.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related boxwood study of a toad and young, signed Masanao, at Bonhams, Japanese Works of Art, 19 Sept 2008, New York, lot 5097 (sold for EUR 3,000).
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