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    Asian Art

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    20 - 21 May 2008

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    • Three ivory netsuke
    Lot 490

    Three ivory netsuke

    19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 2,250

    Estimate

    EUR 1,000 - EUR 1,500

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    Three ivory netsuke
    19th Century
    The first carved as a group of nine bats sitting on a ginko leaf, the eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Masamitsu; the second carved as a a cockerel with twelve chicks, the eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Masamitsu; the third carved as a group of fish including an octopus tako, a sea crayfish ebi, an eel unagi, a stingray ei, a globe-fish fugu, a carp koi, a herring nishin, a seabream tai and others, the eyes inlaid in mother of pearl and horn, signed in an oval reserve Masatsugu and with seal Masatsugu
    Sizes ranging from 4.1 cm to 5 cm. long (3)

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