The Katchen Collection of Netsuke

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Lot 113
  • 113

AWABI BY SANBOKU

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Description

  • AWABIBY SANBOKU
  • Signed with ukibori characters in a rectangular reserve Sanboku
  • Wood
  • 4.8cm., 1 7/8 in.

Catalogue Note

Naturalistically carved, the fleshy creature polished to contrast with the rough surface of its shell, the wood bearing a fine patina.

The name appears to be unrecorded, although the work appears indistinguishable from that of Bokuzan of Nagoya