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Lot Y1226
AN IVORY NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNIN BY YOSHITOMO
Estimated Value:
1.800 € - 2.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Japan, Kyoto, signed, Yositomo, early19th c.H. 5,4 cm
Seated, smiling as he leans to the left, while a large three-legged toad climbs onto his head, his mugwort-leaf cloak worn over a robe engraved with formalised waves and leaving his chest bare. Ivory, the toad's eyes are inlaid, signed in a rectangular reserve Yoshitomo.
From an old South German private collection, purchased at Hans Martin Schmitz, German, 1996 - Minor wear, fine patina due to age
