Lot n° 180
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
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Result
: 320EUR
Japan, 19th century - Lot 180
Japan, 19th century
Ivory manju netsuke in two parts, depicting the famous poetess Ono no Komachi carved in shishiaibori, seated and washing in a basin a book of poems to prove her honesty (after being accused of plagiarism), incised on the reverse of a ewer and a book, with the signature Ryukoku 流谷.
Wear, small accidents to rim.
D. 4.1 cm ; H. 1.7 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Madame R.
We enclose its CITES certificate.
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