Lot Essay
Purchased by the collector from A Fine Collection of Netsuke, Sotheby & Co, London, Tuesday 28th April 1970, Lot 45
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A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A LUNAR HARE
SIGNED HOICHI (YOSHIKAZU), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A LUNAR HARE
SIGNED HOICHI (YOSHIKAZU), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A charming study of a hare crouching with its front paws resting on fern shoots, the fur and other details rendered using fine incised and stained lines, the eyes inlaid in dark cow horn
4.4cm. long
SIGNED HOICHI (YOSHIKAZU), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A charming study of a hare crouching with its front paws resting on fern shoots, the fur and other details rendered using fine incised and stained lines, the eyes inlaid in dark cow horn
4.4cm. long
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs E.E. Simmons
Brought to you by
Anastasia von Seibold