Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of Kinko on His Carp by Anraku
The carp leaping from the water. The stain is usual for the artist and the school. The eyes of the carp are inlays of dark horn
Signed. Osaka.
Circa 1850
Height: 5.1cm
A similar variant is illustrated in the Meinertzhagen Card Index, Part A, p. 2. Fuld records only that one
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Bonhams London, 6th November 2012, lot 212
Purchased by Jacques Carré
MR3883
