A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-1
A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-2
A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-3
A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-4
A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-1A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-2A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-3A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century - image-4

Lot 1033 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century

Auktion 1112 - Übersicht Köln
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
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A boxwood netsuke of Hotei being pulled by a tanuki. 19th century

A tanuki pulls the god of good luck, who is seated with a fan on the tanuki’s large scrotum as if it were a bag. The animal’s eyes of black glass. Inscribed Doraku. Chip.
Height 2.9 cm; length 5.2 cm

Provenienz

Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, March 1983
The Papp Collection (no. 523)