Lot 325 ♣ - A191AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia - Tuesday, 03. December 2019, 02.00 PM
AN INRO BY KOMA KORYU DEPICTING A PAIR OF MANDARIN DUCKS.
Japan, 19th c. Length 8 cm.
Four-case. A floating female oshidori and a male duck on a plum tree branch in hira- und takamakie, kirikane, rôgin, togidashi and mura-nashiji on kinji ground. Signed Koma Kôryû saku. Ivory netsuke in form of been pods, unsigned. Coral ojime.
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Provenance: Old private collection. By repute purchased at Sotheby Parke Bernet, August 1978, lot 136, illustrated in Art at Auction, the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1978/79, p. 329.
CHF 2 500 / 3 500 | (€ 2 580 / 3 610)
Sold for CHF 1 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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