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JAPAN - EDO period (1603-1868), 19th century
Boxwood netsuke…
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JAPAN - EDO period (1603-1868), 19th century
Boxwood netsuke…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
JAPAN - EDO period (1603-1868), 19th century
Boxwood netsuke with a seated shishi resting a paw on her baby curled up in her belly. Signed Kokei.
Height: 2.3 cm
Provenance: Former Granvuinet collection, Sotheby's sale, London, 9 June 2004, lot 1142.
Reference: Mentioned in Paul Moss, Myth, reality and magical transformation: aesthetics and connoisseurship in Japanese netsuke, January 2000, p.28.
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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