Morimitsu

Lot 1143: AN EBONY STUDY OF A SNAKE, BY MORIMITSU, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Name: AN EBONY STUDY OF A SNAKE, BY MORIMITSU, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: ldi6ir0ds6

Est: £1,000 GBP - £1,500 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 09, 2004

Item Overview

Description

coiled in several tight loops, its head resting at the top and part of the body forming the himotoshi beneath, the eyes inlaid with horn, signed in an oval reserve Morimitsu

Dimensions

3.8cm., 1 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Morimitsu

Literature

Illustrated in The Meinertzhagen Card Index, vol. 1, p. 578.
For other examples, see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, vol. 1, p. 799; and the Catalogue of the Baur Collection, no. C955

Provenance

Frederick Meinertzhagen Collection
C. Mander Collection

Auction Details

Japanese and Korean Works of Art

Sotheby's

June 09, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

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

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