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A MARINE TOOTH NETSUKE OF A FLYING BAT A WOOD NETSUKE OF A BAT WITH YOUNG
Late 18th/19th century By Horaku, Kyoto, 19th century
Unsigned. Signed in a sunken oval reserve Horaku.
6.6cm (2 5/8in) wide. 3.8cm (1½in) wide.

£800 - 1,000 £3,000 - 4,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$1,100 - 1,400 US$4,100 - 5,500

海象牙彫根付 蝙蝠 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀 木彫根付 親子蝙蝠 銘「宝楽」 19世紀

Published: Provenance:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.303, no.K907. Purchased at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1965.

Shown facing ahead with wings spread, carved in a simplified form, Published:
the tooth slightly worn and the eyes denoted with sumi (black ink). Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.93, no.K474.

The adult trying to protect two of its struggling offspring with one
outstretched wing, the dark wood slightly worn and the small eyes
inlaid.

Horaku produced a number of netsuke of bats, either singly, resting on
roof tiles or with one of its young, although this appears to be the only
recorded example showing two offspring.

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