Japanese & Korean Art - 23rd May 2018

Lot 853

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO 1868-1912 Depicting a lying dog licking a small puppy climbing upon...

Estimate £1,400 - £1,600 | Hammer £1400

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Description

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO 1868-1912 Depicting a lying dog licking a small puppy climbing upon her back, signed Kokei underneath, 3.2cm. Provenance: an English private collection. Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, pp.362-366 for more netsuke by Kokei.