PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN IVORY ANIMAL NETSUKE
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AN IVORY ANIMAL NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED GYOKUZAN
Carved as a group of three animals, a large shishi, a smaller bullock and a large tiger, placed to form an oval with the heads meeting at the center, signed on the underside, details etched and stianed dark, himotoshi formed by the conjoined limbs--1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diameter
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED GYOKUZAN
Carved as a group of three animals, a large shishi, a smaller bullock and a large tiger, placed to form an oval with the heads meeting at the center, signed on the underside, details etched and stianed dark, himotoshi formed by the conjoined limbs--1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diameter