



Lot 154*
A wood netsuke of a seated monkey By Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), Tanba, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,875 inc. premium
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By Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), Tanba, 19th century
Curled compactly in a ball, its hands over its ears, its eyes inlaid in pale amber with dark pupils, signed in a rounded rectangular reserve Toyomasa. 3.4cm (1 5/16in).
Curled compactly in a ball, its hands over its ears, its eyes inlaid in pale amber with dark pupils, signed in a rounded rectangular reserve Toyomasa. 3.4cm (1 5/16in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 猿 銘「豊昌」 19世紀
Provenance: M. M. Hepworth collection.
M. T. Hindson collection.
Howard and Barbara Buquet collection.
Published: Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.240, no.743.
Bernard Hurtig, The Tamba School Master, Journal of The International Netsuke Collectors' Society, vol.7, no.4, 1980, fig.5.
Japanese Netsuke, Serious Art, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1989, no.25.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.91, no.127.