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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RABBIT A WOOD NETSUKE OF A HARE
By Nanboku, Tanba Province, 19th century By Ikkan (1817-1893), Nagoya, 19th century
Signed in a rectangular reserve Nanboku. Signed in an oval reserve Ikkan.
4.5cm (1¾in) wide. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high.

£2,000 - 2,500 £3,000 - 4,000
JPY290,000 - 360,000 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$2,800 - 3,400 US$4,100 - 5,500

木彫根付 兎 銘「南木」 19世紀 木彫根付 兎 銘「一貫」 19世紀

Provenance: Provenance:
Marianne Densmore, Paris. Glendining & Co. Ltd, London, 1937, resold 1949 and 1953.
Schweizer collection.
Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.167, no.K185. Published:
Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.213.
Of chubby form, seated, facing ahead, its ears pulled back together Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.25. no.K181.
and its legs drawn in for compactness, the dark stained wood slightly
worn and the eyes inlaid. Seated, facing ahead and with head raised, its right forepaw raised,
the slightly worn wood with a good patina and the eyes inlaid.

Meinertzhagen comments, ‘A most attractive little figure, of
characteristic warmth and delicacy, tho’ anatomically not above
criticism - a beautiful carving of an unbeautiful rabbit’.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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