Lot Essay
For a similar netsuke by the Kyoto carver Masatada, see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and how to read their signatures (Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981), p. 730.
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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Kyoto School Hornbill Netsuke**
Edo period (18th-19th century)
Carved as a horse with its head down and feet together as it paws the ground, the natural color of the material incorporated into the design with the horse's tail and front leg showing streaks of reddish brown; eyes inlaid in dark horn
1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high
Edo period (18th-19th century)
Carved as a horse with its head down and feet together as it paws the ground, the natural color of the material incorporated into the design with the horse's tail and front leg showing streaks of reddish brown; eyes inlaid in dark horn
1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high
Provenance
Cornelius V.S. Roosevelt
Special notice
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