A WOOD NETSUKE , EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED <I>SANSHO</I> | Christie's

Sale 8732

Japanese Works of Art

New York, Park Avenue

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17 September 1997

Browse Sale

Lot 22

A WOOD NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SANSHO

Price realised

USD 6,325

Estimate

USD 3,000 - USD 4,000

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A WOOD NETSUKE
edo period (19th century), signed sansho
Modelled as the legendary Bambuku chagama, or "Badger teakettle," the badger's head and limbs emerging from a teakettle-shaped body
1½in. (3.8cm.) high
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