A Nagoya school boxwood netsuke of Sennin Teireii, by Tomokazu. Early19th century - image-1

Lot 681 Dα

A Nagoya school boxwood netsuke of Sennin Teireii, by Tomokazu. Early19th century

Auktion 1061 - Übersicht Köln
05.12.2015, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst III - Japanische Kunst inkl. Netsuke Slg. Kolodotschko IV
Schätzpreis: 800 € - 1.000 €
Ergebnis: 1.364 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A Nagoya school boxwood netsuke of Sennin Teireii, by Tomokazu. Early19th century

A Chinese sennin hatches from an egg, his large wings placed over the shell, in his hands a scroll of bone, the end knobs stained black. Signed Tomokazu in an oval reserve.
Height 4.3 cm; width 3.9 cm

This extremely rare subject illustrates Teireii Sennin who after mastering the magic arts was transformed into a crane. Usually he is shown sitting on a flying crane.

Provenienz

Due to the rare subject probably identical with the netsuke in former collection G.W. (sold at Drouot, Paris, 9.5.1934, lot 142)