A boxwood netsuke of the twelve zodiac animals. 19th century - image-1

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A boxwood netsuke of the twelve zodiac animals. 19th century

Auktion 1061 - Übersicht Köln
05.12.2015, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst III - Japanische Kunst inkl. Netsuke Slg. Kolodotschko IV
Schätzpreis: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
Ergebnis: 2.604 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A boxwood netsuke of the twelve zodiac animals. 19th century

The jûnishi consists of a running boar atop a snake, a dog, a rooster standing on a hare, a goat turning its head back, a reclining ox with a jumping horse on its back, and a monkey seated on the shoulders of a tiger, the group surmounted by a large writhing dragon with a rat on its back.
Height 3.7 cm; width 3.9 cm