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IVORY NETSUKE OF A COILED DRAGON
An early and strong Kyoto-school ivory netsuke and shaped almost like a thick manju. The dragon forms a complete circle with his scaly body emanating flames and coiling around. He is holding a flaming zhu pearl in his claws next to his large and expressive head, with long whiskers. The eyes are inlaid with dark horn and the dragon looks bewildered, as if he was surprised at how well his serpentine body forms a circle, forming the ideal netsuke shape. Natural himotoshi.
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- Subject:
- Animal Mythological
- Material:
- Ivory
- Age/Country:
- 18th Century
- Artist:
- -
- Provenance/Owner:
- Galerie Zacke
- Signed:
- unsigned
- Type:
- Katabori
- Height:
- 25mm mm
- Width:
- 43mm mm
- Depth:
- mm
- ID number:
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