An amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei and a karako. Around 1800 - image-1

Lot 613 D‡α

An amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei and a karako. Around 1800

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05.12.2015, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst III - Japanische Kunst inkl. Netsuke Slg. Kolodotschko IV
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An amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei and a karako. Around 1800

Seated hirsute in a wide robe and with huge earlobes, Hotei holds on to the karako in front of him, who is pulling out hairs from Hotei’s sprouting beard with a pair of tweezers. The hair tufts of black horn.
Height 3.8 cm

Provenienz

Dr. Heinrich Vetter (1911-2003), Mannheim (sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 10.6.2003, lot 1012)