An Ise school boxwood netsuke of a rat rolled into a ball, by Masakiyo. First half 20th century - image-1

Lot 376 Dα

An Ise school boxwood netsuke of a rat rolled into a ball, by Masakiyo. First half 20th 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 Ise school boxwood netsuke of a rat rolled into a ball, by Masakiyo. First half 20th century

Scratching its ear and placing the other forepaw over its nose. The eye pupils of black horn. Signed Masakiyo in an area reserved from the fine hairline engraving.
Height 3.2 cm

Sakai Masakiyo (1875-1955) followed the Masanao tradition of Ise.

Provenienz

Eskenazi, London
Collection George A Cohen, Birmingham, England
Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, 3.7.1979
Coll. no. 992 (handwritten)

Literaturhinweise

George Cohen, In search of Netsuke & Inro, Birmingham 1974, plate XIV, no. 231