Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 889
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Of simplified form and carved as a pigeon or a hawk
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
Of simplified form and carved as a pigeon or a hawk, the bird with its wings drawn in, unsigned, 4.6cm.
Cf. R Bushell, Netsuke Familiar & Unfamiliar, pp.208-209, no.643, for a comparable netsuke of a pigeon-hawk bearing the mark of Rangyoku.