Property from an Important European Private Collection
A CARVED WOOD INSHO (SEAL-TYPE) SASHI-NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A CARVED WOOD INSHO (SEAL-TYPE) SASHI-NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Finely carved in the shape of a mythical creature with the head of shishi (lion-dog) and body of a bird, lower body interwined with a dragon, applied with shakudo himotoshi (cord hole); seal on underside Kita Yasunori
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Finely carved in the shape of a mythical creature with the head of shishi (lion-dog) and body of a bird, lower body interwined with a dragon, applied with shakudo himotoshi (cord hole); seal on underside Kita Yasunori
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1983, lot 69
Literature
The Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society, Vol. 3, no. 2, p. 7. Behrens, no. 1518, pl. XXVIII.
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Korean Art
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