PF1217

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Lot 320
  • 320

Netsuke de femme médecin en ivoire Japon, XIXE siècle

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • ivory
représentée à la chinoise allongée sur le côté, la tête appuyée dans sa main, une jambe repliée, se couvrant pudiquement d'une étoffe, un bracelet à son poignet, ses cheveux relevés en chignon

Provenance

Collection Pila.
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Ader, 19th April 1966, lot 252.

Literature

Connaissance des Arts, March 1967, p. 119.

Condition

The piece is in good overall condition with traces of wear consistent with its age. The colour of the ivory is of more saturated yellowish tone than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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