The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 315
  • 315

VEGETABLES BY TADACHIKA

Estimate
500 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • VEGETABLES BY TADACHIKA
  • Signed Tadachika
  • Wood and ivory
  • 5.1cm., 2in.
A group comprising a cucumber with a young egg plant and a broad bean attached, in lightly stained boxwood, a slug, applied in ivory, slithering over the side. 

Literature

Only two other Netsuke bearing this signature appear to be recorded: a study of a woman with two children, mentioned in The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p.834 and a wood actor illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, p.1058, bottom left.