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A BAMBOO NETSUKE OF TWO GOATS A LACQUERED-WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY
19th century AND TORTOISE
Unsigned. By Okatori, Kyoto, early 19th century
3.5cm (1 3/8in) high. Signed in a rectangular reserve Okatori.
3.8cm (1½in) wide.
£600 - 800
JPY87,000 - 120,000 £3,000 - 4,000
US$830 - 1,100 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$4,100 - 5,500
竹彫根付 山羊 無銘 19世紀
木彫漆塗根付 猿と亀 銘「岡隹」 19世紀前期
Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell collection, purchased 1963. Provenance:
W. L. Behrens collection, no.2881.
Published: Thacher Clarke collection.
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.367. no.K122. Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1960.

On a low mound base, one seated, the other standing beside it, each Published:
nuzzling the back of its companion, the bamboo slightly worn and Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.623.
lightly stained. Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.35, no.K195.

The monkey seated on a turtle and leaning forward as it tries to entice
the reptile from its shell, the entire surface lacquered in gold over black.

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