A wood netsuke of a recumbent ox Circa 1800
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A wood netsuke of a recumbent ox
After Tomotada, early 19th century
Lying with its head turned to the right and with a rope halter attached to a ring through its muzzle and passing over the back, the lightly-stained wood bears a good patina and the eyes are double inlaid, signed in a rectangular reserve, Tomotada.
5.8cm (2¼in).
Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 木彫根付　牛　銘「友忠」　19世紀前期

    Provenance: Mark and Elizabeth Harding collection.
    Shirlee and Robert Guggenheim collection.
    Peter Müller collection.

    Published: Netsuke Classics, Barry Davies Oriental Art, 1990, no.35.
    Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.65, no.80.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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