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Lot 183Y
Three ivory figure netsuke Edo/Tokyo, late 19th century
11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Edo/Tokyo, late 19th century
Comprising: three standing karako parodying the 'Three Wise Monkeys' and enacting mizaru, kikazaru and iwazaru (see, hear and speak no evil), unsigned, 4½cm (1¾in); the second of two karako, the older boy hiding a kitsune mask behind his back and teasing his younger brother doing bekkanko, signed Kinsai, 3.9cm (1½in); the third of the rakan Bukan, seated with his tiger, signed Tomochika, 3.2cm (1¼in). (3).
Comprising: three standing karako parodying the 'Three Wise Monkeys' and enacting mizaru, kikazaru and iwazaru (see, hear and speak no evil), unsigned, 4½cm (1¾in); the second of two karako, the older boy hiding a kitsune mask behind his back and teasing his younger brother doing bekkanko, signed Kinsai, 3.9cm (1½in); the third of the rakan Bukan, seated with his tiger, signed Tomochika, 3.2cm (1¼in). (3).
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象牙彫根付 3点 19世紀後期
























