A FINE IVORY GROUP OF ASHINAGA AND TENAGA BY HASEGAWA IKKO, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

9.8cm., 3 7/8 in.

the latter seated on his companion's shoulders and reaching down his long arms to grasp an octopus whose tentacles encircle Ashinaga's legs, a gourd flask at his waist forming the himotoshi, their short skirts are engraved with cloud and scroll designs and their eyes are inlaid, signed Ikko

Provenance

M.T. Hindson collection

Exhibited

Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998

Literature

The Connoisseur Encyclopedia of Antiques, vol.II, 1955
Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.218, no.669