A Stained Ivory Netsuke of an Octopus and Fish, by Hasegawa Ikko

A Stained Ivory Netsuke of an Octopus and Fish, by Hasegawa Ikko

About 20 fish piled together as a catch, the details of the scales minutely worked

Signed.  Tsu. Circa 1820

Length: 6.1 cm

Provenance:

Walter L. Behrens, F. Meinertzhagen and W.W. Winkworth collections

Mark T. Hindson, sold at his 2nd sale, Sotheby’s London, 1^th October 1967, lot 277

Purchased there by John Mang, Alexandria MD

Sold at his sale, Quinns, Church Falls, 7^th December 2012, lot 255

Purchased by Max Rutherston for Jacques Carré

Literature:

N.K. Davey, Netsuke [Hindson collection], p. 219, no. 671

Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists …, p. 511

Meinertzhagen Card Index, p. 220

Located in the European Union

£6,000

Ref. B212