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Lot 91*
A wood netsuke of Ashinaga and Tenaga Early 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA wood netsuke of Ashinaga and Tenaga
Early 19th century
The former standing, an octopus at his feet, its tentacles wound around his long legs, his companion seated on his back, reaching down one long arm to extricate it, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina, unsigned. 10.5cm (4 1/8in).
The former standing, an octopus at his feet, its tentacles wound around his long legs, his companion seated on his back, reaching down one long arm to extricate it, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina, unsigned. 10.5cm (4 1/8in).
Footnotes
木彫差根付 手長足長 無銘 19世紀前期
Provenance: Marcel Dawson collection
Published: Japanese Netsuke, Ojime and Inro from the Dawson Collection, Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1997, no.11.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.52, no.67.
























