Asian Art II - 23rd May 2013
Lot 931
A Japanese wood netsuke carved in the form of a tea-kettle c.1880
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £250
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Description
A Japanese wood netsuke carved in the form of a tea-kettle c.1880, the side of the body decorated with a Chinese poem in hiramaki-e, the spout and turned handle in kyusu shape and probably of bone, unsigned, 2.2cm.
Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.