Lot Essay
George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu, 1982), vol. 2, p. 866 records one netsuke by this artist, also an ivory camel.
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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TWO IVORY NETSUKE
Edo Period (19th Century)
An ivory study of a camel standing, its head turned to the left, eyes inlaid in dark and light horn and the neck inlaid with coral and dark horn, signed Heian Ranzan on the base near the himotoshi, head restored; and another of a group of snails, unsigned, small chips
1½in.(3.8cm.) high and 15/8in. (4cm.) long (2)
Edo Period (19th Century)
An ivory study of a camel standing, its head turned to the left, eyes inlaid in dark and light horn and the neck inlaid with coral and dark horn, signed Heian Ranzan on the base near the himotoshi, head restored; and another of a group of snails, unsigned, small chips
1½in.(3.8cm.) high and 15/8in. (4cm.) long (2)
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