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Katalognummer: NE0320-064 OHARA MITSUHIRO: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF A BAT ON ROOFTILE School of Ohara Mitsuhiro, signed Mitsuhiro Japan, Osaka, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Depicting a bat atop a damaged rooftile, the entire surface worked in ishime and stained in sumi for effect. The front of the tile shows finely engraved characters reading 東大寺 大佛陀 (Todaiji Daibutsuda), within circular reserves translating to ‘the great Buddha of the Todaiji temple’. The underside left plain, finely stained, with a loop for the cord attachment and incised signature MITSUHIRO 光廣. LENGTH 4 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: British collection. The subject matter is an auspicious symbol which signifie “Good fortune comes from heaven”. In Chinese, the bat 蝠 is a homophone for the word happiness 福. Literature comparison: See a very similar example in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part A, p. 542. Schätzpreis 估價: € 2.000 Startpreis 起拍價: € 1.000 -