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A Wood Sashi Netsuke of a Wasp inside a Double Gourd
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A Wood Sashi Netsuke of a Wasp inside a Double Gourd

Signed Kogetsu, Edo period (19th century)

Fermé8 December 2016

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GBP 5,250

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A Wood Sashi Netsuke of a Wasp inside a Double Gourd
Signed Kogetsu, Edo period (19th century)
A wasp inside a decaying double gourd entwined in gourd vine, eyes inlaid in dark cow horn
15.5 cm. long

Note du spécialiste

For a discussion on the group of artists known as "the wasp carvers" who included Ichimin, Sangetsu, Kogetsu and Gekko, see Raymond Bushell, Collectors' Netsuke, p. 83-84, with illustrations of variations on the subject p. 100-102