SIGNED TOMOTADA, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

细节

An Ivory Netsuke
Signed Tomotada, Edo Period (18th century)
Of a recumbent ox, Kyoto School
6.1cm. long

来源

Dr. F.J. Furnivall

注意事项

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拍品专文

Dr. F. J. Furnivall (1825-1910) was a philologist and one of the founders of the Oxford New English Dictionary. He was a keen oarsman and he developed the new narrow style of sculling boat in 1845. He founded the Frederick Furnivall Sculling Club on the Thames at Hammersmith.