24th May, 2017 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 368
 

368

A JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF BESHIMI

A JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF BESHIMI, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1820 the eyes inset with gilt copper, signed Deme Uman tenka ichi 4.2cm high Provenance: Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Paris, purchased from Hartman, New York, 1967 Published: Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, Paris, 2010, vol.1, p.308, no.K842

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A JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF BESHIMI, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1820 the eyes inset with gilt copper, signed Deme Uman tenka ichi 4.2cm high Provenance: Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Paris, purchased from Hartman, New York, 1967 Published: Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, Paris, 2010, vol.1, p.308, no.K842