The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 314
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TORTOISE BY KIRAKU

Estimate
3,000 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • TORTOISEBY KIRAKU
  • Signed in a mother-of-pearl rectangular reserve Kiraku

  • Dark tortoiseshell,  the eyes inlaid

  • 3.8cm., 1 1/2 in.
The small amphibian is simply rendered, its head just slightly emerging from its carapace which is divided into sections by finely engraved lines.

Literature

Described in The Meinertzhagen Card Index. p.342, where the author surmises that the artist may be of the Kigyoku group who were followers of Ryukosai Jugyoku.
Illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read their Signatures, p.622.