Lot 439
Three Japanese Carved Boxwood Netsuke
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$700 -
900
Price Realized
$8,750
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Lot Description
Three Japanese Carved Boxwood Netsuke
19TH CENTURY
the first example carved to show an opening on a gourd revealing a galloping horse, signed Toyomasa, 豐昌; the second in the form of a seated tiger with its head turned, signed Masanao, 正直; and the third a recumbent stag, unsigned.
Length of largest 1 7/8 in., 4.8 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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