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A wood netsuke of a recumbent kirin By Ikkan (1817-1893), Nagoya, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £16,250 inc. premium
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By Ikkan (1817-1893), Nagoya, 19th century
Lying with its head turned back to the left, its horns and legs drawn in and flames licking its flanks, one leg forming the himotoshi, the wood is slightly worn and of a good colour, signed in an oval reserve Ikkan. 3.8cm (1½in).
Lying with its head turned back to the left, its horns and legs drawn in and flames licking its flanks, one leg forming the himotoshi, the wood is slightly worn and of a good colour, signed in an oval reserve Ikkan. 3.8cm (1½in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 麒麟 銘「一貫」 19世紀
Published: Japanese Netsuke from Private Collections, Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1979, no.14.
Japanese Netsuke, Ojime, Inro and Lacquerware, Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1984, no.82.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.24, no.39.
For a similar example, see George Lazarnick, ibid., p.508.