Sale 5065
Paris
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19 November 2003
Price realised
EUR 1,762
Estimate
TROIS NETSUKE EN IVOIRE XIXème SIECLE Le premier représentant un shishi No Tamago ou sortant d'un oeuf, les yeux en incrustations de corne brune ; le second, un mokugyo, signé Fuku Haku ; le troisième, un shishi sur sa balle Hauteurs: 3,5 cm. (1 3/8 in.), 3,8 cm. (1½ in.) et 3,5 cm. (1 3/8 in.) (3)
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THREE IVORY NETSUKE, A SHISHI NO TAMAGO, A MOKUGYO AND A SHISHI ON ITS BALL 19TH CENTURY The first with horn inlaid eyes and the second signed Fuku Haku
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