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Auction archive: Lot number 3

A wood netsuke of a kappa on a clam

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,750
ca. US$2,818
Auction archive: Lot number 3

A wood netsuke of a kappa on a clam

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,750
ca. US$2,818
Beschreibung:

By Homin, Edo, 19th century The kappa standing on a large clam and bearing an agonized expression as it struggles to release one webbed foot which is caught in the jaws of the shell, the closed end of which is inlaid with shell, another, smaller shell inlaid beneath, the wood is variously stained for effect and the cord holes are ringed with bone, signed on a raden tablet Homin. 3.5cm (1 3/8in).

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

By Homin, Edo, 19th century The kappa standing on a large clam and bearing an agonized expression as it struggles to release one webbed foot which is caught in the jaws of the shell, the closed end of which is inlaid with shell, another, smaller shell inlaid beneath, the wood is variously stained for effect and the cord holes are ringed with bone, signed on a raden tablet Homin. 3.5cm (1 3/8in).

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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