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426 A Edo school ivory netsuke of an octopus fighting two
monkeys, by Ikkôsai. Mid-19th century

Seated on the back of an overturned mortar the octopus Provenance
tries to free himself from the attack of two monkeys emer- Collection Dr. Richard Wolf, Frankfurt
ging from beneath the mortar. The eye pupils of Acquired in the German art market in 1984
black horn. Signed Ikkôsai in an oval reserve.
Literature
Height 2.8 cm; length 3.5 cm
Illustrated in: Richard Wolf, Die Welt der Netsuke, Wiesba-
den 1970, p. 184
€ 2.400 – 2.600

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