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An ivory netsuke
Early 19th Century
Depicting Kan No Koso the founder of the Han Dynasty, holding a sword against a dragon, signed in an oval reserve Kinryusai
4.3 cm. high
Early 19th Century
Depicting Kan No Koso the founder of the Han Dynasty, holding a sword against a dragon, signed in an oval reserve Kinryusai
4.3 cm. high
Provenance
Ex Collection Reiss.
Literature
Illustrated in Henri L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, London, p. 273.
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