A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA

Lot 148
17.09.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1301686
Lot 148 | A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 4 000
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIDEHARU
Carved as a long-haired kappa (water sprite) struggling to free his foot from a clam shell, the creature's hair and scaly skin and the surface of the shell rendered with fine lines and stained, eyes inlaid with dark cowhorn; signature on underside
1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) wide




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Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1973, lot 25, by repute
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