SIGNED MITSUHIRO (OSAKA, 1810-75), EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)

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An Ivory Netsuke
Signed Mitsuhiro (Osaka, 1810-75), Edo Period (Mid-19th Century)
Katabori, stained ivory; a large and a small biwa [loquat] on a branch, the branch and calyxes minutely stippled and stained and contrasting well with the polished surface of the fruit, the himotoshi formed by the branch, signed with fluent incised and stained characters on a polished rounded rectangular reserve on the stalk Mitsuhiro
15/16 x 1 9/16in. (2.4 x 3.9cm.)

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Lot Essay

Apart from the number of fruits (two instead of one) this model is very similar to that described by Mitsuhiro in his artistic notebook Takarabukuro: 'Showing a leaf and fruit. A short branch is curved to hold the cord. Ishime finish should be used ' The signature is of exceptionally high quality and the second character exhibits the phonetic element's characteristic bias towards the top left corner of the enclosing radical.

1 Misao Mikoshiba, (trans.), Takarabukuro [Treasure Bag] (Chicago, 2001), no. 156 (p. 129)

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