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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.
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
Price Realised
GBP 17,500
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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
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