An extremely well hollowed out walrus tusk ryûsa manjû of Taishin’ô. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 1018 Dα

An extremely well hollowed out walrus tusk ryûsa manjû of Taishin’ô. Mid-19th century

Auktion 1112 - Übersicht Köln
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
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An extremely well hollowed out walrus tusk ryûsa manjû of Taishin’ô. Mid-19th century

Carved in openwork with the Chinese female immortal Taishin’ô playing the one-stringed zither, her long shawl and robe as well as clouds billowing around her. On the reverse a stylised flower.
Diameter 4.2 cm

Provenienz

A gift from Grete Damm, Munich, December 1981
Coll. no. 538 (handwritten)