Lot 3
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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL
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A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL

WITH SIGNATURE TOYOMASA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL
WITH SIGNATURE TOYOMASA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The cockerel perched with its head turned back to the left, its tail curled over, the feathers and other details finely incised, carved, and stained, the tail inlaid with a strip of lighter wood, the eye inlaid in pale translucent cow horn
4.5cm. high
Provenance
M. T. Hindson
W. l. Behrens collection, No. 1714
H. A. Gunther collection, No. 1886
F. Meinertzhagen collection

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Lot Essay

Purchased by the collector from The M. T. Hindson Collection of Important Netsuke, Part VI, Sotheby & Co, London, Tuesday 11th March 1969, Lot 1025
The work is very much in the style of Toyomasa, but the signature was probably added later.

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