A Wood Netsuke of a Wild Boar
Lot 1 The Tony & Johanna Oey Collection of Netsuke

Tony and Johanna Oey formed their Collection, of which this is a part, in the 1970s and 80s during visits to London and San Francisco for exhibitions and netsuke conventions.

A Wood Netsuke of a Wild Boar

Signed Toyomasa (Naito Toyomasa, 1773-1856), Tamba, Edo period (early 19th century)

Closed8 December 2016

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A Wood Netsuke of a Wild Boar
Signed Toyomasa (Naito Toyomasa, 1773-1856), Tamba, Edo period (early 19th century)
The boar running at full stride, eyes inlaid in pale cow horn and hair details finely rendered
6.4 cm. long

Specialist note

For an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, go to:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O76513/netsuke-toyomasa/


For other examples, see: George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, (Honolulu, 1982), vol. II, p. 1190Raymond Bushell, Collectors Netsuke, (Tokyo, 1971), p. 68
Joe Earle, Netsuke: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Miniature Sculpture, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001), p. 329, no. 298