Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018

Lot 843

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO 1603-1868 Depicting a tengu hatching from its egg

Estimate £700 - £900

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Description

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

EDO 1603-1868

Depicting a tengu hatching from its egg, tengu no tamago, the legendary creature wearing a tokin cap and with a disgruntled expression on its face, inscribed 'Furai, eighty-two years old', 4cm.