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Lot 100*
A wood netsuke of a flying dragon 18th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,875 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA wood netsuke of a flying dragon
18th century
Facing ahead with open mouth, its horns pressed back, its legs drawn in, its tail curling forward over its scaly body to form a compact composition in slightly-worn and finely-patinated boxwood, unsigned. 7.6cm (3in).
Facing ahead with open mouth, its horns pressed back, its legs drawn in, its tail curling forward over its scaly body to form a compact composition in slightly-worn and finely-patinated boxwood, unsigned. 7.6cm (3in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 飛龍 無銘 18世紀
For somewhat similar examples in ivory, see Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.185, nos. 185 and 186.
The design is similar to that by Unjuto Shumemaru, illustrated by Inaba Tsuryu, Soken Kisho, Osaka, 1781.
























