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IVORY FIGURAL NETSUKE
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Lot 53Y
Three ivory netsuke of rats One by Meizan (Akiyama), mid to late 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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One by Meizan (Akiyama), mid to late 19th century
The first of a rat on a desiccated fish-head, gnawing at the jaw, the ivory lightly stained and the eyes inlaid, unsigned, 4.7cm (1 7/8in); the second of numerous rats climbing over and around a cluster of shells of varying species, the ivory stained and the eyes inlaid, signed Meizan (Akiyama), 5.1cm (2in); the third of a small rat among ferns and fruit with fish and a lobster, in a winnowing basket, some eyes inlaid, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in). (3).
The first of a rat on a desiccated fish-head, gnawing at the jaw, the ivory lightly stained and the eyes inlaid, unsigned, 4.7cm (1 7/8in); the second of numerous rats climbing over and around a cluster of shells of varying species, the ivory stained and the eyes inlaid, signed Meizan (Akiyama), 5.1cm (2in); the third of a small rat among ferns and fruit with fish and a lobster, in a winnowing basket, some eyes inlaid, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in). (3).
























