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Lot 173*
A wood netsuke of a seated cockerel Early 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA wood netsuke of a seated cockerel
Early 19th century
Resting with its head turned back to the left as it preens its wing, its long tail folded over its back and its legs drawn in beneath, the slightly-worn wood bearing a good patina, unsigned. 4.5cm (1¾in).
Resting with its head turned back to the left as it preens its wing, its long tail folded over its back and its legs drawn in beneath, the slightly-worn wood bearing a good patina, unsigned. 4.5cm (1¾in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 鶏 無銘 19世紀前期
Provenance: Isobel Sharpe collection.
A. E. Tebbutt collection.
M. T. Hindson collection.
Martin Newstead collection
Published: Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.187, no.559.
Bernard Hurtig: Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, p.150, no.602.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.98, no.145.
























