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Lot 435 Dα

A good boxwood netsuke of a snail. 19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 5.500 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.418 € (incl. premium)
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A good boxwood netsuke of a snail. 19th century

Emerging from its shell and bending back, the extended antennae lying flush on top of the wreathed shell and the slimy flesh part of the body forming the himotōshi. Signed Odawara jū Yoshiharu in ukibori. Chip.

There has been some discussion as to how to read the signature. Up to 1998 the signature was read Shigeharu 重春 as published by Lazarnick. The Barries Davies catalogue however argues that the signature should be read Yoshiharu 義治, which indeed seems more plausible.

Provenance

Collection Dave Swedlow (1911-1991), USA, sold at Sotheby’s London, 31.3.1993, Lot 81
Collection Robert S. Huthart (1922-?)
Barry Davies Oriental Art, 1998
Theodor “Teddy” Hahn (1933-2012), Darmstadt

Literature

Signature illustrated in: George Lazarnick, Netsuke & Inro Artists, Honolulu 1981, p. 945
Illustrated in: Barry Davies Oriental Art, the Robert S. Huthart Collection of Non-Iwami Netsuke, exhibition catalogue London 1998, No. 159