Lot Essay
This netsuke shows a clever use of an irregular shape.
18TH CENTURY
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An early stag antler netsuke
18th Century
Showing Kagesuye and Takatsuna on the bank of the flooded Ujigawa which they crossed in 1184 to confront Kiso Yoshinaka, who was in revolt against Yoritomo, Kagesuye's horse plunges into the torrent, as Takatsuna, the eventual winner in the race into battle on the opposite bank, towers above him on a rock
9.6cm. high
18th Century
Showing Kagesuye and Takatsuna on the bank of the flooded Ujigawa which they crossed in 1184 to confront Kiso Yoshinaka, who was in revolt against Yoritomo, Kagesuye's horse plunges into the torrent, as Takatsuna, the eventual winner in the race into battle on the opposite bank, towers above him on a rock
9.6cm. high