A stag-antler model of a lotus stalk by Ozaki Kokusai, Shiba, Tokyo, late 19th century

Estimate

2,500 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

11.6cm., 4 9/16 in.

the thick stalk, with a node in the centre, attached to a slender stalk terminating in a seed pod and forming a natural himotoshi, signed in seal form Koku

Provenance

Richard Silverman collection

Exhibited

Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998

Literature

Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., Eccentrics in Netsuke, 1982