IVORY FIGURAL NETSUKE
Various Owners
Various Owners
Lot 39Y
Five ivory netsuke of figural subjects One by Koichi, one by Tomochika and one by Ikkosai, 18th to late 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,125 inc. premium
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One by Koichi, one by Tomochika and one by Ikkosai, 18th to late 19th century
The first of Kadori Myojin sprawling over a large double gourd, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in); the second of a dog in human dress capturing an oni over a straw rain cape, the ivory stained, signed in a tsuishu lacquer reserve Koichi and in an irregular reserve Homei, 4.2cm (1 5/8in); the third of a sennin standing, holding a rolled makimono, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 3/8in): the fourth of a traveller with a feather cloak on an oi on his back, surrounded by four large sparrows in human attire, the ivory stained, signed Tomochika, 4.5cm (1¾in); the fifth of Jurojin and a boy attendant in an open boat, signed Ikkosai, 5.1cm (2in). (5).
The first of Kadori Myojin sprawling over a large double gourd, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in); the second of a dog in human dress capturing an oni over a straw rain cape, the ivory stained, signed in a tsuishu lacquer reserve Koichi and in an irregular reserve Homei, 4.2cm (1 5/8in); the third of a sennin standing, holding a rolled makimono, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 3/8in): the fourth of a traveller with a feather cloak on an oi on his back, surrounded by four large sparrows in human attire, the ivory stained, signed Tomochika, 4.5cm (1¾in); the fifth of Jurojin and a boy attendant in an open boat, signed Ikkosai, 5.1cm (2in). (5).
