A WOOD NETSUKE OF THE FOX WIFE KUZUNOHA
Lot 6A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s

A WOOD NETSUKE OF THE FOX WIFE KUZUNOHA

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Fermé5 December 2017

Prix réalisé

GBP 1,500

Plus d'informations

Comment vendre

A WOOD NETSUKE OF THE FOX WIFE KUZUNOHA
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The fox wife is holding her son, Seimei, rested on her tail, she is holding an ivory calligraphy brush in her mouth with traces of red and black paint remaining, the infant is wrapped in a long flowing robe, the detail of the fox’s fur is finely incised and stained, and the folds in the infant’s cloth are carved in detail
4.5cm. high

T.E. Beddard, Esq.

Note du spécialiste

Purchased by the collector from The Fine Collection of Japanese Netsuke Formed by The Late T.E. Beddard, Esq. Christie’s, London, Monday 14th April 1969, Lot 136