This work from the great Winkworth collection shows two characteristically chubby puppies. The smaller puppy is climbing on his friend, their fur is masterfully incised – a fine, ideally rounded and very lively work. Inlaid eyes, natural himotoshi between the legs, minutely incised signature in a square reserve reading KAGETOSHI, a significant netsuke master who probably worked in Kyoto, although being mentioned to have been from Nagoya.
Note: With old handwritten label noting the aforementioned collection (misspelled “Winckworth”) as well as the year “1820”. Winkworth was an expert at Sotheby’s in London and a friend of Marcel Lorber, who originated our netsuke symposia, VNS, in the 1980s.

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Subject:

Animal

Material:

Wood

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Kagetoshi

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

27mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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