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    PROPERTY FROM A DALLAS PRIVATE COLLECTION. A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE. Early 19th Century. Marks: signed Shigekatsu. 1-3/...

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    • Asian:Japanese, PROPERTY FROM A DALLAS PRIVATE COLLECTION. A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE. Early 19th Century. Marks: signed Shigekatsu. 1-3/...
    • Asian:Japanese, PROPERTY FROM A DALLAS PRIVATE COLLECTION. A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE. Early 19th Century. Marks: signed Shigekatsu. 1-3/...
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    PROPERTY FROM A DALLAS PRIVATE COLLECTION

    A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
    Early 19th Century
    Marks: signed Shigekatsu
    1-3/4 inches (4.4 cm) high

    Finely carved, depicting Tengu hatching from an egg and just beginning to spread his wings, with inlaid amber eyes

    For similar examples see p. 731 in G.Lazarnick, Mci.The Meinertzhagen Card index on Netsuke in the archives of the British Museum, New York, 1986, vol. II, and p. 946 in G.Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, 1982, vol. II.

    Condition Report*: Overall very good condition
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    Auction Dates
    May, 2008
    22nd Thursday
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