Lot 245: AN IVORY OKIMONO-STYLE GROUP OF ASHINAGA AND TENAGA, BY MITSUCHIKA, TOKYO, MEIJI PERIOD

Name: AN IVORY OKIMONO-STYLE GROUP OF ASHINAGA AND TENAGA, BY MITSUCHIKA, TOKYO, MEIJI PERIOD
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: rqxeau5bjj

Est: £1,000 GBP - £1,500 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 09, 2004

Item Overview

Description

the former standing, supporting Tenaga on his back, who reaches down with one long arm to pick up an octopus which has encircled his companion's legs, the ivory very lightly stained, signed Mitsuchika

Dimensions

10.5cm., 4 1/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Mitsuchika

Notes

The maker was probably Toyosai Mitsuchika, who worked in Tokyo, during the Meiji period

Auction Details

Japanese and Korean Works of Art

Sotheby's

November 09, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

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

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