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The monkey with one paw poised to grab the turtle’s head as and when it comes out of its shell
Signed: Okatori. Kyoto, circa 1820
3.1 cm
Provenance:
W.L. Behrens collection (no. 2881)
Thacher Clarke collection
Spink, London, 1960
Julius and Arlette Katchen, Paris
Information:
There is something rather special about wood netsuke lacquered in this way. I have previously sold a tiger by Okatori with similar lacquering
Literature:
Meinertzhagen Card Index, p. 623
Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, vol.1, p. 35, no. K195
Bonhams London, The Julius and Arlette Katchen Collection of Fine Netsuke: Part III, 6th May 2018, lot 79
Dimensions
3.1 cmStock number
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