

Lot 52*
A wood netsuke of a kappa Tanba, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £17,500 inc. premium
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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).
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.