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Lot 180*
A wood netsuke of a wild boar By Kokei, circa 1820
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £3,500
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Find your local specialistA wood netsuke of a wild boar
By Kokei, circa 1820
Lying with its head raised, its body twisted slightly to the left and its legs drawn in, one forming the himotoshi, the slightly-worn wood bears a good patina and the eye pupils are inlaid, signed Kokei. 4.3cm (1 5/8in).
Lying with its head raised, its body twisted slightly to the left and its legs drawn in, one forming the himotoshi, the slightly-worn wood bears a good patina and the eye pupils are inlaid, signed Kokei. 4.3cm (1 5/8in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 猪 銘「虎渓」 1820年頃
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.105, no.156.
Another example is illustrated by Virginia Atchley and Neil K. Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, 2006, p.51, no.43.
























