Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 124
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF SENNIN
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £420
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Description
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF SENNIN
EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
The two sages depicted wearing coats of mugwort leaves, one with a long staff and the other, probably Gama Sennin, holding his pet toad; together with a later netsuke of a rakan, the ascetic lifting his cloak above his head, 10.6cm max. (3)
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.