EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MINKO AND CURSIVE MONOGRAM

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A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF A BULL
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MINKO AND CURSIVE MONOGRAM
Finely carved as a netsuke of a recumbent bull with inlaid gold eyes, signature on underside
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) long

Provenance

Melvin and Betty Jahss Collection

Literature

Melvin and Betty Jahss, Inro and other miniature forms of Japanese Lacquer Art (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1971), no. 174.

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