Lot Essay
For another example by Sangatsu see Sydney L. Moss, Zodiac Beasts and Distant Cousins: Japanese Netsuke for Connoisseurs, (London, 1993), cat.64
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SIGNED SANGETSU, EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A WOOD NETSUKE
SIGNED SANGETSU, EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
Of a wasp eating a partially rotted pear, eyes inlaid in dark horn, details of the skin of the pear in ukibori
4.5cm. high
SIGNED SANGETSU, EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
Of a wasp eating a partially rotted pear, eyes inlaid in dark horn, details of the skin of the pear in ukibori
4.5cm. high
Literature
International Netsuke Convention Society, 1975, 3/3 p.14
François Storno, Le Netzké Errant, (Geneva, 2005), fig.68
François Storno, Le Netzké Errant, (Geneva, 2005), fig.68
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium