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

A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A CELESTIAL NINGYO

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

Fermé5 December 2017

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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

Note du spécialiste

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