

Lot 47*
A wood netsuke of a baku Early 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £33,650 inc. premium
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Early 19th century
Seated, its body twisted, its head turned down to the left and its right hind leg forming the himotoshi, to produce a compact composition in rather worn and well-toned boxwood, unsigned. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).
Seated, its body twisted, its head turned down to the left and its right hind leg forming the himotoshi, to produce a compact composition in rather worn and well-toned boxwood, unsigned. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 獏 無銘 19世紀前期
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.20, no.32.
For a very similar example, see Virginia Atchley and Neil K. Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, p.90, no.N109. See also Bernard Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, 1973, p.23, no.5.