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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF BENZAITEN
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOKOKU AND SEALED BAIRYU (SUZUKI TOKOKU; 1836-1931)
Details
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF BENZAITEN
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOKOKU AND SEALED BAIRYU (SUZUKI TOKOKU; 1836-1931)
Finely carved as Benzaiten seated on stone playing biwa with a snake coiled around; incised signature and seal on underside
1 5⁄8 in. (4.1 cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOKOKU AND SEALED BAIRYU (SUZUKI TOKOKU; 1836-1931)
Finely carved as Benzaiten seated on stone playing biwa with a snake coiled around; incised signature and seal on underside
1 5⁄8 in. (4.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1991, lot 49, also illustrated as cover, by repute
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Korean Art
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