Lot 1054: A WOOD GROUP OF A HEN AND CHICKS BY MASATOMO, KYOTO, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Name: A WOOD GROUP OF A HEN AND CHICKS BY MASATOMO, KYOTO, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: vfxld5yhcy

Est: £3,600 GBP - £4,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 09, 2006

Item Overview

Description

5.4cm., 2 1/8 in.

the former resting, her head turned to the left as she gently pecks the head of one chick, another at her side, snuggling beneath one wing, he slightly worn wood bears a good patina and the eyes are inlaid with metal, signed in an oval reserve Masatomo

EXHIBITED

Netsuke, The Japanese Art of Miniature Carving, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1999, no.137

Artist or Maker

Peter Hanson

Auction Details

Japanese Works of Art, Prints & Paintings

Sotheby's

November 09, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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