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Ebony netsuke of a reclining cow Signed: Itto
Chalcedony snuff bottle white inclusion carved as a duck
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Tomotada Ivory Goat NetsukeAn ivory netsuke of a reclining goat with fleecy hair. Japan, late 18th century. Signed: Tomotada, Kyoto. Provenance: Bluth Collection, Sidney Moss. Published: Item 47 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen. A good example of the work produced in Kyoto during the late 18th century. The signature, however, is not that of Tomotada, but that of a close pupil.
Itto wood netsukeA rare ebony netsuke of a reclining cow. Japan, late 18th century. Signed: Itto. Provenance: D. Frances. Published: Item 211 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
Chalcedony Cameo White Duck Snuff BottleA chalcedony well hollowed cameo carved picture snuff bottle with an amethyst and metal stopper. Chalcedony, pale grey with a creamy opaque white skin, simply carved to represent a duck, its head looking back over its shoulders, its eye simply incised, below the duck the waves cut from the grey material; the bottle of flattened form with raised oval foot rim and concave mouth. Chinese, 1750-1850. Stopper: amethyst on metal collar. Provenance: Joan Wasserman collection. Hugh Moss Ltd, London, 1974. Height: 6.9cm. This is a simple but extremely effective rendition of the much loved duck, the contrast within the grey agate is perfect and the whole work of art completed with a minimum of fuss - a little digging here, a little incising there - showing again that less is more.
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