Lot 419
A Japanese Carved Boxwood 'Tortoise' Inro
Sale 1160 - Japanese & Korean Works of Art
Mar 29, 2023
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,386
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Lot Description
A Japanese Carved Boxwood 'Tortoise' Inro
銘「一夫」
naturalistically carved in the form of a tortoise with four legs tucked closer to its body, the head carved with details an a pair of glass inlaid eyes; together with a carved wood netsuke depicting a tortoise resting on a rectangular box.
naturalistically carved in the form of a tortoise with four legs tucked closer to its body, the head carved with details an a pair of glass inlaid eyes; together with a carved wood netsuke depicting a tortoise resting on a rectangular box.
Length 3 1/4 in., 8.2 cm.
Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fry, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, thence by descent
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