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Lot 934 D‡α

A walrus tusk ryusa manju. Second half 19th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.500 € - 2.700 €
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A walrus tusk ryusa manju. Second half 19th century

Carved with a coiled dragon en face on a ground of swirling clouds within a lozenge with a meander border, the reverse carved with a flower in openwork
Diameter 3.9 cm

Provenance

Collection Walter L. Behrens (1861-1913), Manchester, sold at Glendining's, London

Literature

Illustrated in: W. L. Behrens, Thoughts on Dragons, in: Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, XI (1913), plate after p. 108, and Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behres Collection, Part I, Netsuke, Reprint New York 1966, no. 1523, Plate XXVII