A boxwood netsuke of a Konoha Tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki. 19th century - image-1

Lot 843 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a Konoha Tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki. 19th century

Auktion 1044 - Übersicht Köln
06.12.2014, 10:30 - Netsuke aus der Slg. Kolodotschko II, Japanische Kunst
Schätzpreis: 300 € - 400 €
Ergebnis: 372 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A boxwood netsuke of a Konoha Tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki. 19th century

A Konoha Tengu mask with long phallic nose and beard is wrapped in a furoshiki, one corner of the cloth flapped over revealing the mask inside.
Height 3.7 cm

Provenienz

Old private collection (possibly Wilhelm Solf [1862-1936]), Germany (sold at Weinmüller, Munich, 2.-4.5.1956, lot 171)
Lempertz, Cologne, 11./12.6.2010, lot 1023