The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 304
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MAP OF JAPAN BY ICHIMUKEN NANKA

Estimate
3,000 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • MAP OF JAPANBY ICHIMUKEN NANKA
  • Signed Ichimuken Nanka koku
  • Ivory
  • 4.8cm., 1 7/8 in.
A two-part Manju, finely engraved in kebori with a map of Japan with the sixty-nine provinces designated, the reverse similarly engraved with a list of the Tokaido gojusan tsugi (the fifty-three posting stations on the Tokaido Road).