NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN CHAMEAU DE BACTRIANE COUCHÉ
Par Hogen Tadayoshi, début/mi-XIXe siècle
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT BACTRIAN CAMEL
By Hogen Tadayoshi, early/mid-19th century

The camel recumbent with three legs folded beneath its belly, its head turned docilely to the right, resting on its long tail swishing across its flank, the tip of its tail tucked beneath its chin and forming the himotoshi, the eyes double inlaid; signed on one hind leg in ukibori characters Tadayoshi within a raised rectangular reserve. 4cm (1 9/16in) long.
Footnotes:
木彫根付　駱駝　銘「忠義」　19世紀前期/中期

Provenance:
Purchased from Rosemary Bandini, December 1998.

Published:
INSJ, vol.18, no.4, back cover (misattributed to Tadashige).
INSJ, vol.19, no.1, p.47 (misattributed to Tadashige).

Exhibited and Published:
Bandini, IAN, p.77, no.145.