The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 215
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GECKO IN A PEAR ATTRIBUTED TO SANGETSU OR KOGETSU

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • GECKO IN A PEARATTRIBUTED TO SANGETSU OR KOGETSU
  • Unsigned
  • Wood, the gecko's eyes inlaid  
  • 5.1cm., 2in.
The small lizard crawling around a large gnawed hole in the side of the pear, another gnawed section on the reverse, the skin of the fruit is carved with ukibori pimples.

Catalogue Note

The work is in the manner of Kogetsu, Sangetsu and others, popularly known as the "Wasp in pear" carvers, discussed by Raymond Bushell in Collectors' Netsuke, pp.83/84.