A Nagoya-School Wood Netsuke

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TAMETAKA

细节

A Nagoya-School Wood Netsuke
Edo period (late 18th century), signed Tametaka
The large netsuke carved as a resting boar curled up on a bed of leaves, the boar's hair delicately carved with lines of varying length; signature on the outer edge of leaf bed
2.14in. (5.7cm.) long

拍品专文

Tametaka is the earliest recorded netsuke artist from Nagoya and is the only Nagoya netsuke carver listed in the Soken Kisho. He is credited with the invention of the relief-carving technique (ukibori) associated with the Nagoya school.