De Waal Netsuke collection brings welcome addition to Blythe Road auction
A welcome addition to the November 21 Asian Works of Art sale at Matthew Barton (24% buyer’s premium) of 25 Blythe Road in west London were 79 netsuke from the collection belonging to Edmund de Waal, author of the bestselling memoir 'The Hare with Amber Eyes'. London Japanese art dealer Max Rutherston helped organise the sale and took this section of the auction.
The hammer total, just shy of £80,000 and close to three times the high estimate, will be donated …