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102. 102Y Ф IVORY NETSUKE REPRESENTING A DUCK
By Ohara Mitsu…
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102
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102. 102Y Ф IVORY NETSUKE REPRESENTING A DUCK
By Ohara Mitsu…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
102. 102Y Ф IVORY NETSUKE REPRESENTING A DUCK
By Ohara Mitsuhiro, Osaka (1810-1875), 19th century
AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A TEAL
By Ohara Mitsuhiro, Osaka (1810-1875), 19th century
Naturalistically carved in the round, resting and facing ahead, a small tuft on the back of its head, the ivory of good colour and the eyes inlaid in dark horn; signed Ohara Mitsuhiro with kao.
4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) long
Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Harriet Szechenyi Collection, Zurich.
Bonhams London, 8 November 2011, lot 188.
Published:
Rosemary Bandini, Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi, London, 1999, p. 112, no. 164.
Ohara Mitsuhiro, Takarabukuro (Treasure Bag): A Netsuke Artist's Notebook, Chicago, 2001, p. 103.
象牙彫根付 小鳥 銘「大原光廣（花押）」 19世紀
For a very similar example by Mitsusada, see Raymond Bushell, Collectors' Netsuke, p. 100, fig. 135.
This ivory lot is accompanied by an intra-community certificate (CIC) number FR2607505251-K only valid within the European Union.
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