24th May, 2017 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 397
 

397

A JAPANESE CORAL NETSUKE OF A TRANSFORMING BADGER

A JAPANESE CORAL NETSUKE OF A TRANSFORMING BADGER, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) standing in a priest's robe, holding a staff, half its face human, half animal, indicated by different ears, signed Kogasa 5.8cm high Provenance: Floyd Segel (his sale Sotheby's 1999, lot 117) and Arlette Katchen collections, Paris

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A JAPANESE CORAL NETSUKE OF A TRANSFORMING BADGER, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) standing in a priest's robe, holding a staff, half its face human, half animal, indicated by different ears, signed Kogasa 5.8cm high Provenance: Floyd Segel (his sale Sotheby's 1999, lot 117) and Arlette Katchen collections, Paris