Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1202
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE WOOD AND CORAL NETSUKE
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE WOOD AND CORAL NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Naturalistically modelled as the severed tentacle of an octopus, the carving in dark wood, possibly ebony, the tentacle with realistic suckers to the side and the end entwined around a small branch of coral, 5.5cm.