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A Kyoto school ivory study of a wild dog By Okatomo, late 18th/early 19th century
20 March 2012, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$10,625 inc. premium
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A Kyoto school ivory study of a wild dog
By Okatomo, late 18th/early 19th century
Seated, trapping a crab with his left paw, the crab pinching the dog's leg in self defense, the hair rendered with fine lines and the eyes of both animals inlaid in dark horn, signed in a rectangular reserve Okatomo 2in (5.2cm) high
Seated, trapping a crab with his left paw, the crab pinching the dog's leg in self defense, the hair rendered with fine lines and the eyes of both animals inlaid in dark horn, signed in a rectangular reserve Okatomo 2in (5.2cm) high
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Provenance: Previously sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April, 1985, lot 8.
























