Lot Essay
The design represents Gentoku (in Chinese, Xuande) escaping from a castle in which he had been trapped by riding his mount Tekiro across the Tan river.
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Details
A Japanese ivory netsuke of a mounted warrior, signed Uki, 19th century
finely carved as the Chinese warrior Gentoku riding his stallion Tekiro across the Dankai river, through the crested waves, carved with extensive undercutting -- 1 9/16in. (3.9cm.) high.
finely carved as the Chinese warrior Gentoku riding his stallion Tekiro across the Dankai river, through the crested waves, carved with extensive undercutting -- 1 9/16in. (3.9cm.) high.
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