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Lot Description

An Ebony and A Boxwood Netsuke

19TH CENTURY, SIGNED IKKO

銘「一虎」
the ebony example depicting a recumbent ox with all four tucked underneath its body, the boxwood example showing a recumbent aquatic bird with its head turned backwards, the body carved with detailed feathers and inlaid leaves; both signed Ikko.

Length of larger 2 3/4 in., 6 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Sydney L. Moss, London, May 22, 1959
Christie's London, May 15, 1959

Condition Report

Each in stable condition with some surface scratching. The bird marked '393' in ink to the underside. The ox with heavier soiling in nicked and natural recesses.

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