Lot Essay
Ueda Reikichi rates Hidechika as a "famous carver". Here he took great care to delineate the features of the powerful hawk and the trembling puppy.
Details
HAWK SEIZING A DOG
Ivory, signed Hidechika [Hidechika II]
Early 19th Century
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high
Ivory, signed Hidechika [Hidechika II]
Early 19th Century
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high
Literature
Illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1982, p. 457; Raymond Bushell, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi, Tuttle, Rutland, 1961, fig. 149