Lot 410 ♣ - A213AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia, Islamic Art - Tuesday, 17. June 2025, 03.00 PM
A SASHI NETSUKE OF ASHINAGA AND TENAGA.
Japan, around 1800, height 13.4 cm.
Ivory with dark stained details. Ashinaga (long leg) is piggybacking Tenaga (long arm), who is holding an octopus by a tentacle. Nicely worn with good patina.
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 20 June 1989, lot 101. Old Swiss private collection, thence by descent.
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CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 2 375 (including buyer's premium)