

NETSUKE
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
Lot 20Y
Three kagamibuta netsuke One by Kikusen, 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,000 inc. premium
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One by Kikusen, 19th century
Each bearing an ivory bowl and a shibuichi plate, the first decorated in iroe takazogan with a shishi beneath a waterfall, with details in gold nunome, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in); the second applied in relief with a tiger climbing over a rock on an ishime ground, signed Kikusen, 4.5cm (1¾in); the third with a seated kappa drinking sake, a fish and a tokkuri lying at his feet, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in). (3).
Each bearing an ivory bowl and a shibuichi plate, the first decorated in iroe takazogan with a shishi beneath a waterfall, with details in gold nunome, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in); the second applied in relief with a tiger climbing over a rock on an ishime ground, signed Kikusen, 4.5cm (1¾in); the third with a seated kappa drinking sake, a fish and a tokkuri lying at his feet, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in). (3).