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Lot 1580Y
A group of three polychromed ivory studies 20th Century
28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$1,037 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA group of three polychromed ivory studies
20th Century
The first depicting a tanuki as a monk reclining on a large mokugyo and holding a reishi-head scepter, with additional gilt accents and signed Koyu; the next of a cat-shaped box decorated with silver and gold patterns in hiramaki-e, unsigned; the third carved as a resting crane with its legs tucked beneath the well-defined feather body, with inlaid eyes and signed Shingetsu.
2, 1 1/4 and 2in (5, 3.3 and 5.3cm) long
The first depicting a tanuki as a monk reclining on a large mokugyo and holding a reishi-head scepter, with additional gilt accents and signed Koyu; the next of a cat-shaped box decorated with silver and gold patterns in hiramaki-e, unsigned; the third carved as a resting crane with its legs tucked beneath the well-defined feather body, with inlaid eyes and signed Shingetsu.
2, 1 1/4 and 2in (5, 3.3 and 5.3cm) long














