Kokei
Tsu, late 18th/early 19th century
wood ningyo suckling her young
length 1 1/2 in., 3.8 cm
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The mermaid encircles her young; her finely carved hair flows down her back and reaches beneath her scaled body. The dark reddish-brown wood bears a warm patina. Signed on a raised oval plaque, Kokei with kao.
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Provenance
Ex. Collection Jacques H. Carré
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Published
Japanese Netsuke from the Carré Collection, Eskenazi, London, 1993, cat. no. 99
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For comparison with a very similar subject by Minko, see Raymond Bushell, Collector's Netsuke, 1971, p. 37, pl. 37.
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SOLD
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