Antique Japanese Tagua Nut Netsuke 5 Frogs on Lotus Leaf after Seimin Japan
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Type: Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke
Material: Tagua Nut
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Japan. Style of Seimin (Iwashiro, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)). Unsigned. See Barry Davies, netsuke from the Teddy Hahn collection, 1996, cat no 111, for another example of the artists work, Davies writes, Seimin is a rare and skilful artist who specialised in walnut carvings and groups of frogs
Size: 1.339" long (3.4 cm)
Weight: 0.3 oz (9 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Tokyo, Japan 15 APR 2016
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear.
Subject: Carved as a family of five smooth frogs (kaeru) gathering around a lotus leaf.Himotoshi through the stem of the lotus leaf.
Location:
Antique Japanese Tagua Nut Netsuke 5 Frogs on Lotus Leaf after Seimin Japan
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Type: Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke
Material: Tagua Nut
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Japan. Style of Seimin (Iwashiro, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)). Unsigned. See Barry Davies, netsuke from the Teddy Hahn collection, 1996, cat no 111, for another example of the artists work, Davies writes, Seimin is a rare and skilful artist who specialised in walnut carvings and groups of frogs
Size: 1.339" long (3.4 cm)
Weight: 0.3 oz (9 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Tokyo, Japan 15 APR 2016
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear.
Subject: Carved as a family of five smooth frogs (kaeru) gathering around a lotus leaf.Himotoshi through the stem of the lotus leaf.
Location:
Antique Japanese Tagua Nut Netsuke 5 Frogs on Lotus Leaf after Seimin Japan