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Lot 2141Y
A colored ivory netsuke By Koun, circa 1900
20 March 2012, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$1,000 - US$1,500
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A colored ivory netsuke
By Koun, circa 1900
Carved as a Chinese scholar reading as he rests his elbow on the reading table, a fan in his right hand, his robes stained green and inlaid with translucent horn chevron patterns, signed in a red-lacquer tablet Koun 1 1/2in (3.7cm) high
Carved as a Chinese scholar reading as he rests his elbow on the reading table, a fan in his right hand, his robes stained green and inlaid with translucent horn chevron patterns, signed in a red-lacquer tablet Koun 1 1/2in (3.7cm) high
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Provenance: Previously sold Sotheby's, New York.
























