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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED RAN'ICHI
Details
A Kyoto-School Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (19th century), signed Ran'ichi
Carved as a penitent demon dressed in tiger-skin britches and carrying a traveling bag across his shoulders and a Buddhist gong around his neck, eyes inlaid in dark horn and the inside of the mouth stained red
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
Edo period (19th century), signed Ran'ichi
Carved as a penitent demon dressed in tiger-skin britches and carrying a traveling bag across his shoulders and a Buddhist gong around his neck, eyes inlaid in dark horn and the inside of the mouth stained red
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Albert Sheldon, Washington, D. C.
S. Kriger, Washington, D. C., 1959
S. Kriger, Washington, D. C., 1959
Special notice
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