The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 235
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MONKEY AND TORTOISE BY MASAKAZU

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3,500 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • MONKEY AND TORTOISEBY MASAKAZU
  • Signed in an oval reserve Masakazu
  • Wood
  • 4.5cm., 1 3/4 in.
The mischievous ape is shown crouching atop a carapace  and stooping over the edge, waiting to tap the head of the tortoise whenever it emerges from within its shell.

Literature

An almost identical example by the same artist is illustrated in The Catalogue of the Baur Collection, p.337, no.C1053.