GOAT AND KID BY SHURAKU

Estimate

4,500 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

GOAT AND KID BY SHURAKU
Signed in a rounded square reserve Shuraku
Ivory, the eyes inlaid
4cm., 1 1/2 in.

The adult is seated, facing ahead with its long ribbed horns bent back for compactness. Its fore legs resting protectively over its offspring's back as it lies snuggled up beneath its mother's body, nuzzling into her side.

Provenance

F. Meinertzhagen Collection

Literature

Illustrated and described in The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p.787.