An ivory netsuke of a cluster of shells, by Nagamitsu. 19th century - image-1

Lot 444 Dα

An ivory netsuke of a cluster of shells, by Nagamitsu. 19th century

Auktion 1136 - Übersicht Köln
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanische Kunst (Rüstungen, Schwerter, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
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An ivory netsuke of a cluster of shells, by Nagamitsu. 19th century

Eight clams lying open on top of each other with miniature depictions of the Ômi hakkei (Eight views of Lake Biwa) on the sides. Nicely worn. Signed Nagamitsu saku.
Length 4.5 cm

Provenienz

Collection Karl M. Schwarz (1926-2007), Vienna

Literaturhinweise

Illustrated in: Karl M. Schwarz, Netsuke Subjects, Vienna 1992, p. 133, no. 381
Compare a similar model in: Ueda Reikichi, Netsuke Handbook, Rutland, Tokyo, 1973, p. 96
Compare the signature with one of a Tokyo carver, active in 1820-50, in: MCI, p. 585