Asian Art II - 23rd May 2013
Lot 933
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke carved in the form of two puppies c.1870
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £650
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Description
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke carved in the form of two puppies c.1870, playing with a cord attached to an awabi shell, one with stained dark patches, their eyes inlaid with dark horn, signed Hidechika, 4cm.
Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.