Japanese & Korean Works of Art - 20th May 2025
Lot 303
λ TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE OF NOH ACTORS
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £353
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Description
λ TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE OF NOH ACTORS
MEIJI ERA (1868-1912)
5.5cm and 4.4cm respectively. (2)
from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.
Wearing long wigs and holding fans, both playing the role of a shōjō; the tallest with a coral mask, with details highlighted in gold and silver lacquer; the other a wood netsuke carved in the ittōbori (single cut) technique, painted in polychrome and gilt, possibly signed Ju.