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Lot 2140Y
A colored ivory netsuke of a man resting on a sake gourd By Yasutaka, late 19th century
20 March 2012, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$1,000 inc. premium
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A colored ivory netsuke of a man resting on a sake gourd
By Yasutaka, late 19th century
Carved as a man dozing with his head resting in his hand, leaning on a sake gourd, his robes decorated with large florets in inlaid shell against a ground stained green, a mother-of-pearl inro slung at his side, signed in a red-lacquer tablet Yasutaka 1 1/2in (3.7cm) wide
Carved as a man dozing with his head resting in his hand, leaning on a sake gourd, his robes decorated with large florets in inlaid shell against a ground stained green, a mother-of-pearl inro slung at his side, signed in a red-lacquer tablet Yasutaka 1 1/2in (3.7cm) wide
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Provenance: Previously sold Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York.
























