Lot 463
A Japanese Terrapin-Form Boxwood Three- Case Inro, Ojime and Netsuke
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
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1,500
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$3,125
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A Japanese Terrapin-Form Boxwood Three- Case Inro, Ojime and Netsuke
BY GEKKO, EDO PERIOD, MID-19TH CENTURY
銘「月光」
each naturalistically carved, the inro with the terrapin's head and legs retracted within its carapace, signed Gekko in an oval panel; the netsuke in the shape of three terrapins clambering over one another, the eyes inlaid; the ojime a terrapin with its head and legs fully retracted within its carapace, the eyes inlaid.
each naturalistically carved, the inro with the terrapin's head and legs retracted within its carapace, signed Gekko in an oval panel; the netsuke in the shape of three terrapins clambering over one another, the eyes inlaid; the ojime a terrapin with its head and legs fully retracted within its carapace, the eyes inlaid.
Length 4 1/2 in., 11.5 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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