Lot Essay
For a similar example signed Hikaku and kao, see M.T. Coullery and M.S. Newstead, Netsuke [in the Baur Collection, Geneva] (Geneva, 1977), p. 186, no. C488.
UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN IVORY NETSUKE
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
Formed as a pile of seals of famous painters including Seimei (Kano Tan'yu), Naonobu, Unkoku, Sansetsu and Motonobu, one of them mounted with a shishi lying on a bowl, katabori, ivory with staining
1in. (3.8cm.) long
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
Formed as a pile of seals of famous painters including Seimei (Kano Tan'yu), Naonobu, Unkoku, Sansetsu and Motonobu, one of them mounted with a shishi lying on a bowl, katabori, ivory with staining
1in. (3.8cm.) long