Lot Essay
For a similar depiction of the same subject see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu, 1982), p.1238
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SIGNED YOSHINAGA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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SIGNED YOSHINAGA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
An interesting study of Ryujin with an octopus headdress, a branch of coral in his hands and robes of various seashells
8.2cm. high
SIGNED YOSHINAGA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
An interesting study of Ryujin with an octopus headdress, a branch of coral in his hands and robes of various seashells
8.2cm. high
Literature
François Storno, Le Netzké Errant, (Geneva, 2005), fig.13
Special notice
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