Lot Essay
The metallist has based his design on a woodblock print by Utamaro, active in the late 18th Century.
Details
BEAUTY AFTER UTAMARO
Kagamibuta netsuke, tagayasan (Indonesian ironwood) bowl with shibuichi and shakudo disc of a beauty after a print, inscribed Utamaro hitsu; unsigned
19th Century
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diameter
Kagamibuta netsuke, tagayasan (Indonesian ironwood) bowl with shibuichi and shakudo disc of a beauty after a print, inscribed Utamaro hitsu; unsigned
19th Century
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diameter
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975, fig. 217