Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 912
λ A JAPANESE LACQUER AND IVORY NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Depicting an actor wearing a long red wig and...
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λ A JAPANESE LACQUER AND IVORY NETSUKE
19TH CENTURY
Depicting an actor wearing a long red wig and a dragon mask, the eyes inlaid in horn, his leg signed Jugyoku in an oblong reserve, 4.1cm.
Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.275, where a comparable netsuke of an actor by Jugyoku is illustrated.