The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 191
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COURT HAT AND CHERRY BLOSSOM BY OHARA MITSUHIRO

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3,000 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • COURT HAT AND CHERRY BLOSSOMBY OHARA MITSUHIRO
  • Signed Mitsuhiro
  • Ivory
  • 4.2cm., 1 5/8 in.
The tall straw hat resting with its cords trailing to one side, and a branch of cherry blossom carved in delicate relief on the other; the ivory lightly stained.

Literature

For a very similar example, see George Lazarnick, The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro and Ojime Artists in Photographs, p.287.