Lot 83
83
AN IVORY NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED RANTEI

Details
AN IVORY NETSUKE
edo period (late 18th-early 19th century), signed rantei
Depicting a bitch scratching its back and resting its paw on a puppy that licks its parent's left rear paw, the eyes inlaid in light and dark horn, Kyoto school
1.5/8in. (4.2cm.) high
Provenance
Robert and Shirlee Guggenheim, Jr. Collection

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Helen Hurtig, "The Guggenheim Collection," INCS Journal 9, no. 4 (March 1982), no. 24, p. 34.