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Lot 566 Dα

An Iwami-school boar’s tusk netsuke of a crab on a tusk. Early 19th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.625 € (incl. premium)
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An Iwami-school boar’s tusk netsuke of a crab on a tusk. Early 19th century

A sturdy edible crab seated on an arched boar simulating a marine ivory tooth, further details revealed in the long, fine inscription on its back.
Length 9.8 cm

“It was in the last ten days of the 6th summer month, the year of the monkey, the 9th of the Bunkwa period (1811 or 1812) on the island of Izukushima in the province of Geishu, when I, Yujin, 'the recluse', carrying the artist names 'Seiryodo' and 'Gyokuyen', carved this edible crab, a water dweller, out of boar's tusk”.

Provenance

Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 – 1921)

Literature

Brockhaus, p. 447, no. 766
Cf: MCI, p. 307, active around 1800-1830