A Japanese Wood Netsuke of Lotus Pod
A Japanese Wood Netsuke of Lotus Pod
By Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th Century
naturalistically rendered as a dried lotus pod, its stem curled towards the lip, the seeds in a dark wood and fully articulated, inscribed with a two-character mark in a raised rectangular panel, 為隆.
Length 1 1/2 in., 3.81 cm.
Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fry, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, thence by descent Asian Art
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A Japanese Wood Netsuke of Lotus Pod
By Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th Century
naturalistically rendered as a dried lotus pod, its stem curled towards the lip, the seeds in a dark wood and fully articulated, inscribed with a two-character mark in a raised rectangular panel, 為隆.
Length 1 1/2 in., 3.81 cm.
Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fry, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, thence by descent Asian Art