Four rare lacquered netsuke, 18th and 19th century

Estimate

1,500 - 1,800 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

3.5 to 7cm., 1 3/8 to 3in.

one of black lacquer in the form of a powder flask with inlaid aogai design of boatmen rowing a ferry boat, with silver and horn fittings; a formalised sparrow, lacquered in Negoro style; a seated shishi on a base, carved in red lacquer; and a gold lacquered leather model of a resting cicada, unsigned

Exhibited

Eskenazi Ltd., June 1998

Catalogue Note

Illustrated on p.26