A TALL EARLY IVORY FIGURE OF A FISHERMAN, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

13.3cm., 5 1/4 in.

standing, his body slightly twisted as he clasps a writhing fish to his chest with one hand, the other raised to his head, his emaciated body clad in a skirt tied at the waist, the slightly worn ivory bears a good patina, unsigned

Provenance

George Weil collection
Previously sold in these rooms, 3rd November 1969, lot 164

Exhibited

Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998

Literature

Bernard Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, p.198, no.822