Asian Art II - 18th November 2015
Lot 306
λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES The first depicting Tobosaku Sennin holding...
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λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
The first depicting Tobosaku Sennin holding a peach branch, wearing long flowing robes and a coat of mugwort leaves over his shoulders, unsigned, the other carved as Ashinaga carrying Tenaga on his back, the latter holding a fish in his hand, signed Minkoku, 8.4cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.