** ПРОДАН ** Шахматная фигура из камбоджийской слоновой кости, адаптированная как печать нэцкэ

A Cambodian Ivory Chess Piece Adapted as a Netsuke

A chess knight, the globular truncated body incised with stiff leaves. Cut as a seal beneath with formalised characters, dark stained from use. The ivory is somewhat worn and bears a fine, rich patina

Без подписи. Около 1750 г.

Height: 4.1 cm

Происхождение:

Коллекция WL Behrens, Joly cat. нет. 2723, изображено на пл. XXXIV

Анонимная продажа, г. Нагель, 16 ноября 1996 г., лот 1000

Анонимная распродажа из европейской частной коллекции, Bonhams, Лондон, 8 мая 2016 г., лот 25

In Indo-Chinese chess sets the knight is the only figural piece, the rest being abstract, and the pawns being shells. It would have appealed to the Japanese Edo sense of the exotic, and the shape lends itself to being cut and used as a seal

MR3334