Japanese Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 449
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF DRAGONS
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £11000
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Description
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF DRAGONS
EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
One a sashi netsuke carved as a hyriu (bird-like dragon), its beak wide open and with fire wisps engulfing its legs, its tail bifurcated, unsigned; the other depicting a three-clawed dragon coiling around a sacred pearl of wisdom, its eyes inlaid in horn, discreetly signed on the inside of its tail, possibly Miwa, 12.8cm and 4cm respectively. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. See Japanese Works of Art, 1st July 2020, for the first part of this private collection of netsuke sold in these rooms.