6 Nov 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
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Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
An inlaid boxwood netsuke of mushrooms
By Jikan Ganbun, 19th century
The three mushrooms of differing size, the stalk of one forming the himotoshi, inlaid with three ants of copper, brass and shakudo and a snail of pewter and horn, among traces of pewter lichen, signed on an inlaid ebony tablet Jikan Ganbun.
5.4cm (2⅛in).
The three mushrooms of differing size, the stalk of one forming the himotoshi, inlaid with three ants of copper, brass and shakudo and a snail of pewter and horn, among traces of pewter lichen, signed on an inlaid ebony tablet Jikan Ganbun.
5.4cm (2⅛in).
Estimate:
£3,500 - 4,000
JPY 550,000 - 620,000
US$ 5,300 - 6,100
JPY 550,000 - 620,000
US$ 5,300 - 6,100
Footnotes
- 木彫根付 茸と蝸牛 銘「自侃眼文」 19世紀
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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