




NETSUKE
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
Lot 17Y
Four kagamibuta netsuke 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,125 inc. premium
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19th century
Three with ivory bowls, the first with a pierced shibuichi plate carved with a bird perched in a flowering prunus tree, unsigned, 4.8cm (1 7/8in); the second carved in shishiaibori with a nio and an oni, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in); the third with a pale shibuichi plate engraved with Jo and Uba, signed Shumin, 4.5cm (1¾in); the fourth having a stag antler bowl carved and pierced in Asakusa-style with a dragon and bearing a shibuichi plate with a box of bakemono, signed Komin with an indecipherable inscription on the reverse, 4.2cm (1 5/8in). (4).
Three with ivory bowls, the first with a pierced shibuichi plate carved with a bird perched in a flowering prunus tree, unsigned, 4.8cm (1 7/8in); the second carved in shishiaibori with a nio and an oni, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in); the third with a pale shibuichi plate engraved with Jo and Uba, signed Shumin, 4.5cm (1¾in); the fourth having a stag antler bowl carved and pierced in Asakusa-style with a dragon and bearing a shibuichi plate with a box of bakemono, signed Komin with an indecipherable inscription on the reverse, 4.2cm (1 5/8in). (4).