A wood and ivory netsuke of a Kyogen dancer, 19th century
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 14 000 - 18 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 14 794
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About this Item
A wood and ivory netsuke of a Kyogen dancer, 19th century
wearing the ivory mask of Hyottoko, with bulging eye and twisted mouth, his hands behind his back, signed Hogetsu, 4 cm high; another, of a blind man, 19th century, standing holding his finding staff, with articulated ivory head, 5,8 cm high; and a wood netsuke of mokugyo (wooden drum), with double dragon's heads handle above clouds, 3,5 cm high, all with pale-brown patina (3)
*This lot is not suitable for export
(3)
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