A boxwood netsuke of I no Hayata killing the nue. 19th century - image-1

Lot 544 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of I no Hayata killing the nue. 19th century

Auktion 1092 - Übersicht Köln
09.06.2017, 18:00 - Netsuke und Sagemono
Schätzpreis: 500 € - 700 €
Ergebnis: 620 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A boxwood netsuke of I no Hayata killing the nue. 19th century

The Japanese warrior subdues the nue by sitting on its tiger body and is about to plunge a sword into the monkey’s open mouth. Inscribed Minko.
Height 3.8 cm

Provenienz

Joseph Seo, New York
Barry Davies (1948-2005), London
Christie’s South Kensington, London, 9.11.2011, lot 140
Kolodotschko Collection

Literaturhinweise

Barry Davies Oriental Art, Selected Netsuke, London 2002 (in-house brochure), no. N11168