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YAMAGUCHI OKATOMO: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A HARE AND YOUNG
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2023年04月28日 开拍 / 2023年04月26日 截止委托
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YAMAGUCHI OKATOMO: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A HARE AND YOUNG
By Yamaguchi Okatomo, signed Okatomo 岡友
Japan, Kyoto, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Published:
Bushell, Raymond (1971) Collector’s Netsuke, p. 32, no. 24.
Wilhelm, Gabor (1988) Netsuke Kenkyukai Society Journal, p. 42 and 44.
Wilhelm, Gabor (1989) Bulletin Franco-Japonais, p. 22.
Sydney L. Moss (1989) Japanese Netsuke: Serious Art. Outstanding Works Selected from American Collections, no. 10.
Birch, Michael (Summer 1989) Netsuke Kenkyukai Society Journal, p. 26, fig. 3.

Superbly carved as a rabbit and young huddled close together, the mother resting a paw protectively on the back of the buck leveret, which is snuggling to its mother’s side. Their fur and other details are neatly incised and darkly stained for effect. Their eyes are double-inlaid with bone and pupils of reddish, mid-toned translucent buffalo horn. The underside is well detailed with the animals’ paws and genitals, with many natural himotoshi due to the openwork.

LENGTH 5.2 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor expected wear and few minuscule age cracks. Tiny old repair to the edge of the left ear.
Provenance: Ex- collection B.K. Denton, Yokohama and St. Louis, 1971. St. James’ Gallery, Zurich, 1988. Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1989. European collection, acquired from the above. Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 2005. French private collection, acquired from the above.

Okatomo’s later animals, at the end of the 18th century, are smaller and more precious than his earlier works, but share his characteristic smiling features and charming, well-fed naturalism, in contrast to his teacher Tomotada’s reptilian features and bony, massive bulk. Other known Okatomo rabbits are ivory, smaller, and later. This group corresponds to Tomotada’s style in composition and size, but betrays Okatomo’s hand unmistakably in the hairwork, underside, and face with idiosyncratic inlays to eyes. It is a rare, early work from the period when Okatomo was strongly influenced by Tomotada.

The Okatomo signature is generally considered to have been added later. Nonetheless, the present netsuke is doubtlessly the artist’s work.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related, yet later ivory netsuke depicting the same subject by Okatomo, illustrated in Cohen, George (1974) In Search of Netsuke & Inro, p. 35, no. 44. Compare also a wood netsuke of a wolf by Okatomo, signed Tomotada, with similar double-inlaid eyes in bone and horn, formerly in the collection of E. Hobbs and offered by Max Rutherston Ltd.

Auction comparison:
Compare to a related wood netsuke of a recumbent ox, signed Tomotada, but certainly by Okatomo, at Christie’s, An Important European Collection of Netsuke, 14 November 2001, London, lol 31 (sold for 15,863 GBP).

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