Lot Essay
While the shape of the dragon is rather flat the treatment of the coils gives it a sense of writhing movement. The maximum thickness of the dragon is 1.2 cm.
Details
WRITHING DRAGON
Ivory, unsigned
Early 19th Century
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) long
Ivory, unsigned
Early 19th Century
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) long
Provenance
W.W. Winkworth
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York, 1975, fig. 770