Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 854
TWO JAPANESE STAG ANTLER RYUSA NETSUKE EDO/MEIJI PERIOD Both of circular form
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
TWO JAPANESE STAG ANTLER RYUSA NETSUKE
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD
Both of circular form, one pierced with shaped apertures and with a central button depicting a pomegranate, the other depicting a gong with a scroll-shaped handle and a central hidari-mitsudomoe design of three teardrops in a circle, 4.8cm max. (2)
The hidari-mitsudomoe design was widely used in Shinto shrines and as a family crest, kamon, notably by the Kobayakawa and Utsunomiya clans.