Live Auction 6049JAPANESE
A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE
Lot 364

A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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GBP 2,300

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A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE
Edo Period (18th Century)
Of Seiobo Sennin holding in her hand a branch with a peach, slight old wear
3.7/8in. (9.8cm.) high

Specialist note

Seiobo, a fabulous female of Taoist legends, is the only woman among the large family of sennin. Also known as 'The Royal Mother of the West', her abode in Mount Konron is peopled with hosts of genii while in the gardens there grows a peach tree whose fruit, ripening only once in three thousand years, confers immortality on all who eat it.