A CARVED WOOD INSHO (SEAL-TYPE) SASHI-NETSUKE

Lot 151
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ID 1301549
Lot 151 | A CARVED WOOD INSHO (SEAL-TYPE) SASHI-NETSUKE
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
A CARVED WOOD INSHO (SEAL-TYPE) SASHI-NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Finely carved in the shape of a mythical creature with the head of shishi (lion-dog) and body of a bird, lower body interwined with a dragon, applied with shakudo himotoshi (cord hole); seal on underside Kita Yasunori
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high




Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1983, lot 69



Literature

The Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society, Vol. 3, no. 2, p. 7. Behrens, no. 1518, pl. XXVIII.
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