ID 1301627
Lot 167 | A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF BENZAITEN
Estimate value
$ 2 000 – 3 000
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOKOKU AND SEALED BAIRYU (SUZUKI TOKOKU; 1836-1931)
Finely carved as Benzaiten seated on stone playing biwa with a snake coiled around; incised signature and seal on underside
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1991, lot 49, also illustrated as cover, by repute
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | netsuke |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | netsuke |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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