A FINE TANBA SCHOOL WOOD ‘VEGETABLES’ NETSUKE

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A FINE TANBA SCHOOL WOOD ‘VEGETABLES’ NETSUKE Unsigned Japan, Tanba province, first half of the 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Minutely carved as three kabocha pumpkins aligned in a row with six nasubi (eggplants) and a single bean pod arranged freely around them. A vividly detailed wood netsuke showing a superior use of staining and sukashi-bori (openwork). Natural himotoshi through the curved stem of the largest pumpkin. LENGTH 4.6 cm Literature comparison: Compare a closely related wood netsuke of pumpkins and nasubi, unsigned, dated to the early 19th century, illustrated in Atchley, Virginia / Davey, Neil (2006) The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, p. 172, N241.

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