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A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A CELESTIAL NINGYO
Lot 9 A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s

A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A CELESTIAL NINGYO

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

Closed5 December 2017

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GBP 1,500

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A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A CELESTIAL NINGYO
EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)
The ningyo flying and looking ahead, holding a biwa fruit on a leafy stem, her shawl and skirts billowing out behind her, the hair, robes, and other details rendered using fine incised and stained lines, possibly Kyoto School of Yoshinaga
6.4cm. long

Specialist note

Purchased by the collector from Fine Japanese Works of Art, Sotheby & Co, London, Tuesday 18th February 1969, Lot 117