Lot Essay
The subject is recorded in vol.7 of Soken kisho (Inaba Tsuryu, 1781).
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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAIN DRAGON
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAIN DRAGON
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Of a rain dragon standing on two hooves, with a horn on top of head, mouth opening to reveal teeth, eyes inlaid in dark wood
3 1⁄8 in. (7.9 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Of a rain dragon standing on two hooves, with a horn on top of head, mouth opening to reveal teeth, eyes inlaid in dark wood
3 1⁄8 in. (7.9 cm.) high
Literature
G. Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu: 1982). Pp. 1311.
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