Live Auction 13988Art of Japan
A WOOD NETSUKE OF FUKUROKUJU
Lot 8 A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s

A WOOD NETSUKE OF FUKUROKUJU

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Closed5 December 2017

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GBP 1,250

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A WOOD NETSUKE OF FUKUROKUJU
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
The model of Fukurokuju standing with long flowing sleeves and large head covered, his bare feet visible, carrying a puppy with its feet dangling, the puppy’s fur and other detail incised, carved, and stained, the puppy’s eyes inlaid in dark cow horn
8cm. high

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Purchased by the collector from Fine Japanese Works of Art, Sotheby & Co, London, Tuesday 18th February, 1969, Lot 31