A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century - image-1

Lot 427 Dα

A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century

Auktion 1136 - Übersicht Köln
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanische Kunst (Rüstungen, Schwerter, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Schätzpreis: 400 € - 600 €
Ergebnis: 868 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century

Seated on a tree trunk's circular cross-section, head raised. The himotôshi lined with green-stained bone.
Height 3.8 cm; length 4.5 cm

Provenienz

Collection Albert Brockhaus (1850-1921), Leipzig (sold at Klefisch, Cologne, 23.5.1981, lot 161)
Collection Hanns Jatzlau, Hannover (sold at Lempertz, 10.6.2006, lot 993)
Private collection, Munich

Literaturhinweise

Illustrated in: P. Jirka-Schmitz, Random Thoughts on Toads, in: INCS, Vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 2006), fig. 5 and 6

Ausstellung

Netsuke und Farbholzschnitte aus Japan, Gallery Zacke, Vienna, 2006