Lot 734
  • 734

Two ivory Osaka school netsuke, 19th century

Estimate
1,500 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • 3.5 and 4.5cm., 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 in.
the First of a Daruma doll, staring out of its voluminous robe, which is inlaid with childrens' toys in Shibayama style, signed Dosho; the Second of a karako standing, holding a turtle, signed in an oval reserve Masatsugu 

Exhibited

Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998

Literature

The second published B. Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, no.806