A boxwood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Masakazu. 19th century - image-1

Lot 1043 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Masakazu. 19th century

Auktion 1112 - Übersicht Köln
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Schätzpreis: 800 € - 1.200 €
Ergebnis: 1.116 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A boxwood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Masakazu. 19th century

The muscular oni with long hair and a tiger skin apron rolls himself up into a ball to protect himself from the roasted beans thrown at him. The three beans of unstained wood. Signed Masakazu in a cartouche reserved from the tiger skin.
Height 2.6 cm; length 3.1 cm

Provenienz

Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, February 1979
Coll. no. 782 (handwritten)