A boxwood netsuke of a two snails of different sizes. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 1156 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a two snails of different sizes. Mid-19th century

Auktion 1112 - Übersicht Köln
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Schätzpreis: 1.200 € - 1.400 €
Ergebnis: 1.736 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A boxwood netsuke of a two snails of different sizes. Mid-19th century

A snail is about to crawl out from its large shell, while the smaller snail is crawling over the side.
Height 2.8 cm; length 4.1 cm

Provenienz

Purchased from Ohmura, Hamburg, October 1971
Coll. no. 884 (printed and handwritten)