A FINE IVORY FIGURE OF A DUTCH SETTLER, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate

5,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

10.8cm., 4 1/4 in.

standing, facing ahead and holding a cockerel to his chest with both hands, his hat with a single plume and his divided coat fastened with inlaid buttons and carved with a design of breaking waves, the ivory is slightly worn and bears a fine patina, unsigned

Exhibited

Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998

Catalogue Note

For a somewhat similar example, see Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.346, no.1043