An amusing Edo school ivory netsuke of three oni at setsubun, by Gyokkôsai. Mid-19th century - image-1

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An amusing Edo school ivory netsuke of three oni at setsubun, by Gyokkôsai. Mid-19th century

Auktion 1124 - Übersicht Köln
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Rüstung, Schwertschmuck, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono inkl. Slg. Papp II
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An amusing Edo school ivory netsuke of three oni at setsubun, by Gyokkôsai. Mid-19th century

Falling over each other as they flee from the excorcising shower of beans, each with two or one horn. The beans of brass (one replaced). Signed Gyokkôsai in an oval reserve.
Height 3.4 cm

Provenienz

Purchased from Alexander Pollmer, Munich, July 1991
Coll. no. 444 (handwritten)