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100. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING A TENGU NO TAMAGO
By Shigek…
See original version (French)
100
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100. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING A TENGU NO TAMAGO
By Shigek…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
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100. WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING A TENGU NO TAMAGO
By Shigekatsu, Tanba, early 19th century
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TENGU NO TAMAGO
By Shigekatsu, Tanba, early 19th century
The tengu levering itself out of its egg, the wood stained and the eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn; signed Shigekatsu.
4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) high
Provenance:
Tessier & Sarrou et Associés, Paris, 12 February 2014, lot 130.
木彫根付 天狗の卵 銘「重勝」 19世紀前期
A similar example is illustrated in The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p. 731;
reproduced in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read
Their Signatures, p. 946.
See original version (French)
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