24th May, 2017 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 436
 

436

A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A BOY DOING BEKKAKO

A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A BOY DOING BEKKAKO, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1820 an unusual variant, the boy standing with a hozuki (cape gooseberry) in his hand, a coral inlay inside, the himotoshi remarkably generous relative to the size of the netsuke, unsigned 4.7cm high

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A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A BOY DOING BEKKAKO, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1820 an unusual variant, the boy standing with a hozuki (cape gooseberry) in his hand, a coral inlay inside, the himotoshi remarkably generous relative to the size of the netsuke, unsigned 4.7cm high