Asian Art II - 23rd May 2013
Lot 928
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke of a sennin 18th century
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £900
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Description
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke of a sennin 18th century, wearing mugwort leaves at his waist and shoulders, holding a hossu fly whisk and a lotus flowerhead, a smaller figure reading a makimono amongst the petals, unsigned, 9cm.
Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.