JAPON, XVIIIEME SIECLE
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NETSUKE EN IVOIRE
JAPON, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Représentant un dragon, le corps puissant et ondulant, la tête dressée vers le ciel, la gueule ouverte, les deux pattes avant reposant sur la perle (tama), les yeux incrustés de corne brune
Hauteur: 6,6 cm. (2 5/8 in.)
JAPON, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Représentant un dragon, le corps puissant et ondulant, la tête dressée vers le ciel, la gueule ouverte, les deux pattes avant reposant sur la perle (tama), les yeux incrustés de corne brune
Hauteur: 6,6 cm. (2 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Ex private collection from the north-eastern cost of the USA
Literature
Rokusho magazine, Issue 6, n.26
Me no Me magazine, 2000, p.284
Gabor Wilhelm and Yukari Yoshida, The French Connection, Sagemonoya, Tokyo, 2000, n.43
Me no Me magazine, 2000, p.284
Gabor Wilhelm and Yukari Yoshida, The French Connection, Sagemonoya, Tokyo, 2000, n.43
Exhibited
Toyama Art Museum, Japan, 1998 (no.45 in the catalogue of the exhibition )
Tobacco and Salt Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Tobacco and Salt Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Special notice
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Further details
AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A DRAGON WITH TAMA
JAPAN, 18TH CENTURY
JAPAN, 18TH CENTURY
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