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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
Two Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (18th century)
The first carved as the immortal Chokaro standing on one foot and holding a gourd from which spills his horse companion; the second as a tall, standing immortal holding a basket and a chrysanthemum
3in. (7.6cm.); 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high (2)
Edo period (18th century)
The first carved as the immortal Chokaro standing on one foot and holding a gourd from which spills his horse companion; the second as a tall, standing immortal holding a basket and a chrysanthemum
3in. (7.6cm.); 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The first, Paul E. Bernheimer, Baltimore, 1959
The second, Ayamo Gallery, Paris
The second, Ayamo Gallery, Paris
Special notice
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