The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 240
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BITCH AND TWO PUPPIES BY MASAKAZU

Estimate
3,000 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • BITCH AND TWO PUPPIESBY MASAKAZU
  • Signed in an oval reserve Masakazu
  • Wood, the eyes inlaid  
  • 4.2cm., 1 5/8 in.
The adult is reclined and licking the back of one offspring as it clambers over the back of a second puppy nestled at the bitch's feet.

Literature

For a similar composition of a vixen and two cubs by Masakazu, see The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p.427.