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A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE A MARINE IVORY SEAL NETSUKE
OF A MAKATSUGYO (DRAGON-FISH) OF A SAIGYU (XINIU)
Late 19th century 18th century
Unsigned. Unsigned.
6cm (2 3/8in) wide. 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high.
£700 - 800 £800 - 1,200
JPY100,000 - 120,000 JPY120,000 - 170,000
US$970 - 1,100 US$1,100 - 1,700
鹿角彫根付 摩竭魚 無銘 19世紀後期 海象牙彫印根付 犀牛 無銘 18世紀

Provenance: Provenance:
W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased 1960. Purchased in London, 1958.

Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.263, no.K94. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.293, no.K448.

The grotesque creature with wide open mouth containing a ball, its Seated on an oval base, its head turned back and one foreleg raised,
head and body covered with natural hair and its eyes inlaid. a single tensho character carved in relief beneath, the somewhat worn
ivory with a good patina.

An almost identical example from the W. L. Behrens collection is illustrated
in Joly, LIJA, opp.p.279, and in Weber, KH, vol.1, pl.XXIX, no.2.

The saigyu (Chinese xiniu) is a goat-like creature with horns, often
regarded as one of the varied types of kirin.

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