An ivory netsuke of quails on millet. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 446 D‡α

An ivory netsuke of quails on millet. Late 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 quails on millet. Late 19th century

One looking up, the other one pecking the millet branches. Finely carved and engraved, feathers and details darkly stained, the eyes inlaid in black horn. Inscribed Okatomo in a raised rectangular reserve.
Length 4.9 cm

This work is a later study in the style of this Sôken Kishô artist who loved this subject.

Provenienz

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

Literaturhinweise

Illustrated in: Karl M. Schwarz, Netsuke Subjects, Vienna 1992, p. 127, no. 356