Lot 464
464
NETSUKE EN BOIS
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NETSUKE EN BOIS

JAPON, SIGNE TADATOSHI, XIXEME SIECLE

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NETSUKE EN BOIS
JAPON, SIGNE TADATOSHI, XIXEME SIECLE
Représentant une sirène, recroquevillée, tenant sa queue du bras gauche, la main droite maintenant la nageoire, le visage souriant, les longs cheveux et les écailles très finement sculptés, signé Tadatoshi dans un cartouche ; quelques très petits éclats
Longueur: 4 cm. (1 9/16 in.)
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A WOOD NETSUKE, MERMAID
JAPAN, SIGNED TADATOSHI, 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Compare this figure of a mermaid with another very similar netsuke representing the same subject, although signe Ikkan, illustrated in Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, A comprehensive study based on the M.T.Hindson collection, London 1982 (Revised Edition), p.205, pl.595 See also the identical mermaid made by Tadatoshi, from the Trumpf collection and illustrated in P. Jirka-Schmitz, Netsuke Gürtelschmuck aus Japan - Die Sammlung Trumpf, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart 2000, p.41, pl.4

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