Asian Art - 12th November 2008

Lot 1060

A Japanese ivory netsuke

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £460

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Description

A Japanese ivory netsuke, carved as a man straddled on a giant rat, rescuing a man from a fish's back before it plunges into the sea, and eight other in ivory, three in wood, two in resin and one in bone, 19th/20th century, minor damages, 3.7cm max. (15)