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SIGNED WITH SEAL CHARACTERS SHUZAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
Details
A PAINTED WOOD NETSUKE
SIGNED WITH SEAL CHARACTERS SHUZAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A fine, strong study of Ryo-Tohin standing holding a sword, a writhing dragon held down by his left foot
9.7cm. high
SIGNED WITH SEAL CHARACTERS SHUZAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A fine, strong study of Ryo-Tohin standing holding a sword, a writhing dragon held down by his left foot
9.7cm. high
Provenance
W.L. Behrens
M. Tomkinson
M. Tomkinson
Literature
Glendining and Co., auction catalogue of the W.L. Behrens Collection [by H.L. Joly], pt. 1. Netsuke (London, 1912), no.675
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson (London, 1898), no.1115
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson (London, 1898), no.1115
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium