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A wood netsuke of a kappa Tanba, 19th century image 1
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Lot 52*

A wood netsuke of a kappa
Tanba, 19th century

8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £17,500 inc. premium

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A wood netsuke of a kappa

Tanba, 19th century
Hatching from a large clam and looking around to the left with a malevolent expression, the slightly-worn wood bearing a good patina and the eyes inlaid with pale translucent horn, unsigned. 4.5cm (1¾in).

Footnotes

木彫根付 蛤に河童 無銘 19世紀

Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.26, no.41.

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