Live Auction 13988Art of Japan
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A LUNAR HARE
Lot 1 A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A LUNAR HARE

SIGNED HOICHI (YOSHIKAZU), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Closed5 December 2017

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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A LUNAR HARE
SIGNED HOICHI (YOSHIKAZU), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A charming study of a hare crouching with its front paws resting on fern shoots, the fur and other details rendered using fine incised and stained lines, the eyes inlaid in dark cow horn
4.4cm. long

Mr. & Mrs E.E. Simmons

Specialist note

Purchased by the collector from A Fine Collection of Netsuke, Sotheby & Co, London, Tuesday 28th April 1970, Lot 45