


NETSUKE
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
Lot 14Y
Two ivory netsuke One by Kiyokatsu, Kyoto, early 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,375 inc. premium
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One by Kiyokatsu, Kyoto, early 19th century
The first of seven ginkgo nuts forming an elongated compact composition with a natural himotoshi, signed Kiyokatsu, 5.1cm (2in); the second of two clams of differing size, the larger shell carved in low relief with aquatic plants, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in). (2).
The first of seven ginkgo nuts forming an elongated compact composition with a natural himotoshi, signed Kiyokatsu, 5.1cm (2in); the second of two clams of differing size, the larger shell carved in low relief with aquatic plants, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in). (2).
Footnotes
A somewhat similar group of nuts by Kiyokatsu is illustrated by George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1981, p.625.