Lot Essay
Black coral (umimatsu) is fairly common in netsuke, red coral much less so, and white coral is rarer still.
Details
AUBERGINE
Silver-mounted white coral, unsigned
19th Century
1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) long
Silver-mounted white coral, unsigned
19th Century
1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Kenzo Imai
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York, 1975, fig. 326