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An ivory netsuke of a tengu By Hara Shumin II, Edo, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,875 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn ivory netsuke of a tengu
By Hara Shumin II, Edo, 19th century
Shown hatching from its egg, wearing a small Yamabushi skull cap, the egg carved in relief with leaves, two carved to disguise age cracks, signed Shumin. 3.8cm (1½in).
Shown hatching from its egg, wearing a small Yamabushi skull cap, the egg carved in relief with leaves, two carved to disguise age cracks, signed Shumin. 3.8cm (1½in).
Footnotes
象牙彫根付 鴉天狗の卵 銘「舟珉」 19世紀
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.31, no.46.
A rather unusual version of the subject, more commonly carved by Hara Shumin in boxwood.
























