Lot 446
Five Japanese Carved Wood 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
$438
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Lot Description
Five Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke
19TH-20TH CENTURY
comprising an example in the shape of a seated oni playing with a shamisen, signed Ryugyoku, 龍玉; an example depicting a seated shishi lion playing with a brocade ball, unsigned; three examples in forms of masks, one with a two-character signature, the other two unsigned.
Length of longest 3 3/4 in., 9.5 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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