Asian Art II - 23rd May 2013
Lot 935
λ Two Japanese netsuke of Urashima Taro 18th/19th century
Estimate £350 - £450 | Hammer £450
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Description
λ Two Japanese netsuke of Urashima Taro 18th/19th century, one in ivory with the figure seated on a giant turtle, signed Ranko, and the other in wood with a minogame clambering on the man's knee, signed Hachigyoku, 5cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.