The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 255
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DRAGON EMERGING FROM ALMS BOWL BY YOSHIMASA

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Description

  • DRAGON EMERGING FROM ALMS BOWLBY YOSHIMASA
  • Signed Yoshimasa
  • Ivory, the eyes inlaid
  • 6cm., 2 3/8 in.
This is a powerful rendition of a fierce three-clawed dragon, its snake-like body emerging in a cloud of vapour from an alms bowl and coiling around its head to form a compact circular composition.  

Provenance

W.W. Winkworth Collection
M.T. Hindson Collection

Literature

Illustrated in Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.60, no.147.
Compare also with an almost identical treatment of the same subject by Tomotada, illustrated in The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p.918.