Project Description
Wood Netsuke of a Pekingese by Tametaka
Standing on a zabuton (cushion), the dog looks to the right with a startled expression
Engraved signatured. Nagoya, 1800-1820
Width: 3.9 cm
Provenance:
WW Winkworth
Sotheby’s London, 15th November 1989, lot 78
Harriet Szechenyi
Her sale at Bonhams, London, 8th November 2011, lot 168
J. Vappereau
Sold at his anonymous sale, idem, 4th November 2020, lot 94
Where bought by the present vendor
Literature:
Rosemary Bandini, ‘Shishi and Other Netsuke, the Collection of Harriet Szechenyi’, 1999, p.95., no. 137
Although not a unique subject for Tametaka, it is interesting to note how much variety he introduces to the theme, so that the turn of the head and arrangement of the tail are different in each. Other examples are illustrated, inter alia, in I. Gould, ‘The Gould Collection of Netsuke’, pp. 172-173 and P. Jirka-Schmitz, ‘Netsuke, 112 Meisterwerke, The Trumpf Collection’, pp. 142-143
MR5297
