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Catalogue N°:
59
Title:
Howling Kirin
Description:
Howling Kirin. A creature with a dragon´s head, a single horn on its forhead, loo-
king directly upwards with its neck twisted round 180 degrees, its long flowing tail arranged upwards along its back and meeting its
whiskers crouching on its haunches. Flames licking up from one side of its scaly body. Its jaws open. The details are boldly rendered in well patinated ivory.
Signature:
unsigned
School:
Kyôto School
Material:
Ivory
Time:
19th C.
Measures:
H 5,9 cm
Miscellaneous:
Stained Ivory. Eyes inlaid in dark horn. For similar Netsuke see: ´Netsuke and Inrô from European Collections´ by Barry Davies Oriental Art 2002 page 120 No. 138
