NAOYUKI: A VERY FINE INLAID WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO EGG TESTERS

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NAOYUKI: A VERY FINE INLAID WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO EGG TESTERS By Naoyuki, signed Naoyuki 直雪 Japan, Edo (Tokyo), mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Exquisitely carved, the larger figure stands upright examining a large egg held up to his eye, his expression conveying concentrated scrutiny. Beside him a smaller figure crouches while inspecting another basket of eggs, his face animated with a mischievous smile. Both figures wear simple garments, the standing figure’s buttons neatly inlaid In bone, as are the many eggs. Asymmetrical himotoshi to the reverse next to the neatly incised signature NAOYUKI. HEIGHT 3.8 cm, WIDTH 2.3 cm Literature comparison: Compare a closely related wood and ivory netsuke of two Dutchmen testing eggs by the same artist, signed Naoyuki, illustrated in Lazarnick, George (1981) Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures (LNIA), Vol. 2, p. 824. Compare a closely related wood and ivory netsuke of three Dutchmen testing eggs by the same artist, signed Naoyuki, illustrated in Coullery, Marie-Therese / Newstead, Martin S. (1977) The Baur Collection, pp. 186-187, no C 454. Auction comparison: Compare a related wood netsuke of an egg tester, by Shounsai Joryu, dated to the first half of the 19th century, 5.5 cm high, at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 29 October 2021, Vienna, lot 163 (sold for EUR 4,550).

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