EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY)
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ELEVEN WOOD NETSUKE AND AN AGATE CARVING
Edo Period (Late 18th-19th Century)
All katabori, the first of two hoshigaki; the second of a splitting pommegranate in red and black lacquer; the third of figures playing go; the fourth of two chestnuts; the fifth of a monkey climbing over a chestnut, signed Tomotada; the sixth of two fungi signed Masayoshi; the seventh of a clam's dream, signed Mitsunobu; the eighth, black persimmon of a monkey, signed Yoshimasa; the ninth, lacquered wood of a standing ape; the tenth, agate of two animals coiled around kiku; the eleventh, a man on top of a cart wheel, signed Hokei; the twelfth of a sculptor carving a tengu mask
Various sizes from 1.4cm. to 7.8cm. high (12)
Edo Period (Late 18th-19th Century)
All katabori, the first of two hoshigaki; the second of a splitting pommegranate in red and black lacquer; the third of figures playing go; the fourth of two chestnuts; the fifth of a monkey climbing over a chestnut, signed Tomotada; the sixth of two fungi signed Masayoshi; the seventh of a clam's dream, signed Mitsunobu; the eighth, black persimmon of a monkey, signed Yoshimasa; the ninth, lacquered wood of a standing ape; the tenth, agate of two animals coiled around kiku; the eleventh, a man on top of a cart wheel, signed Hokei; the twelfth of a sculptor carving a tengu mask
Various sizes from 1.4cm. to 7.8cm. high (12)
Provenance
The first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth and twelfth Dr. Ernest G. Stillman
The second, eighth, fifth, tenth and eleventh William Sturgis Bigelow
The second, eighth, fifth, tenth and eleventh William Sturgis Bigelow