Lot 13
A boar-tusk netsuke By Jack Coutu (1924-2017), English, carved April/May 2006
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,000
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By Jack Coutu (1924-2017), English, carved April/May 2006
Carved in relief, a squirrel leaping with its forelegs outstretched, reaching for a pinecone as flames begin to consume its lower body, its eye inlaid in horn, the broad end plugged with ebony; signed with a silver tablet JC. 9.5cm (3¾in) long. (2).
Carved in relief, a squirrel leaping with its forelegs outstretched, reaching for a pinecone as flames begin to consume its lower body, its eye inlaid in horn, the broad end plugged with ebony; signed with a silver tablet JC. 9.5cm (3¾in) long. (2).
Footnotes
Sold together with Jack Coutu's reference card (no.326), on which he states: 'My last boars[sic] tusk and a very thin one. I succeeded in cleaning one surface completely without breaking right through but had to use low relief work for safety. The idea of a woodland in flames is not too clear but gives a little more vitality to the plug end. The eye could have been brighter but looks better in different lights.'
