Lot 5
5
A WOOD NETSUKE OF JUROJIN AND A STAG
A WOOD NETSUKE OF JUROJIN AND A STAG
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A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION OF NETSUKE FORMED IN THE 1960s - 1970s
A WOOD NETSUKE OF JUROJIN AND A STAG

SIGNED SHOKO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A WOOD NETSUKE OF JUROJIN AND A STAG
SIGNED SHOKO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The model of Jurojin seated on a recumbent stag, holding a fan, his hands resting on his knees, the stag's horns lifting Jurojin’s sleeve, carved and incised with fine detail, both figures with inlaid eyes
5cm. high

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Purchased by the collector from Netsuke, Ivory, and Hardstone Carvings, Snuff Bottles, Lacquer, Bronzes, etc. Glendining & Co, London, Wednesday 8th January 1969, Lot 29

For a similar example by Shoko in the collections of The British Museum, go to:

The British Museum Collection Online, Museum number F.491, https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_
online/search.aspx

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