A Wood Netsuke
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A Wood Netsuke

SIGNED ICHIRYUSAI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details
A Wood Netsuke
Signed Ichiryusai, Edo Period (19th century)
Of a kappa climbing over a namazu [earthquake fish], eyes inlaid in dark cowhorn, Tokyo School
7.5cm. long
Provenance
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For the artist see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu, 1982), p.504

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