EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A FLYING DRAGON
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Finely carved as a hiryu (flying dragon) with curling tail, eyes inlaid in pale horn
2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) wide

Provenance

Christie's, London, 25 November 1980, lot 137

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Lot Essay

The subject is recorded in vol.7 of Soken kisho (Inaba Tsuryu, 1781).

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