Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 355
FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO PERIOD AND LATER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £600
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Description
FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Two carved as tanuki racoon dogs, one reclining with its belly lacquered and the other dressed in a kimono and reading a book open on its enlarged scrotum; the third a kirin on an oblong base, and the last a man surprised by its tea kettle turning into a tanuki, 5cm. (4)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.