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A Japanese ivory netsuke
18th Century
A figure of a Westerner standing upright and facing to the front, with a long curly wig under his wide-brimmed tasselled hat, dressed in a long coat with stylised wave design, and knee-breeches, holding a long-tailed cockerel with both hands, the himotoshi formed by two holes at the back
8.9 cm. high
18th Century
A figure of a Westerner standing upright and facing to the front, with a long curly wig under his wide-brimmed tasselled hat, dressed in a long coat with stylised wave design, and knee-breeches, holding a long-tailed cockerel with both hands, the himotoshi formed by two holes at the back
8.9 cm. high
Provenance
Collection of George Weil, illustrated in Masterpieces of Netsuke Arts, plate 842
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