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Lot 510: Ten ivory netsuke

Est: €600 EUR - €1,000 EURSold:
Christie'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsMay 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Ten ivory netsuke
19th/20th century
The first depicting a chick emerging from its shell, inscribed with a red seal Kogyoku; the second depicting a recumbent duck, turning his head to look over his wings, eyes inlaid in horn, inscribed Tora; the third depicting a swallow, inscribed Yasutake; the fourth depicting a stylized fukurasuzume, the eyes inlaid in dark horn; the fifth in the form of a resting rat holding a fish, eyes inlaid in dark horn; the sixth depicting a seated dog scratching its chin, the eyes inlaid in dark horn; the seventh depicting a goldfish, the eyes inlaid in horn, inscribed Washo; the eighth depicting three toads sitting on a large lotus leaf; the ninth depicting a group of six rats climbing on a pumpkin; the tenth depicting a seated kirin, inscribed Kogyoku
Sizes ranging from 4 cm. to 10 cm. long (10)

Artist or Maker

Notes

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Auction Details

Asian Art

by
Christie's
May 20, 2008, 10:30 AM WET

Cornelis Schuytstraat 57, Amsterdam, 1071 JG, NL