Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 845
A JAPANESE ROOTWOOD TONKOTSU 18TH/19TH CENTURY The gnarled surface with three holes suggesting...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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A JAPANESE ROOTWOOD TONKOTSU
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The gnarled surface with three holes suggesting the face of a ghostly figure, a rectangular lid to the back, unsigned, with a glass bead ojime and a wood netsuke carved as a small rat on a chestnut, signed Shuya with Kakihan, 6.3cm.