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EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MIWA AND WITH KAO
Details
An Edo-School Wood Netsuke**
Edo period (late 18th century), signed Miwa and with kao
Modeled as Raijin, the god of thunder, frowning as he sits hunched on one knee grasping a gust of wind as it emerges from his bag and swirls around and beneath him, his large 'thunder' drum strapped to his back; eyes inlaid in ivory and dark horn
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) high
Edo period (late 18th century), signed Miwa and with kao
Modeled as Raijin, the god of thunder, frowning as he sits hunched on one knee grasping a gust of wind as it emerges from his bag and swirls around and beneath him, his large 'thunder' drum strapped to his back; eyes inlaid in ivory and dark horn
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) high
Provenance
Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, Japanese Works of Art from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfeild, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lot 16
Special notice
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