A boxwood netsuke of a tortoise and a monkey. First half 19th century - image-1

Lot 393 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a tortoise and a monkey. First half 19th century

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanese Art (Armour, Swords, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Estimate: 300 € - 400 €
Result: 248 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of a tortoise and a monkey. First half 19th century

Climbing over the carapace of a tortoise, the monkey covers its mouth with his forepaw.
Height 2.3 cm; length 4.6 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Offermann & Schmitz at the Deutsche Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse München, 1971
Coll. no. 613 (printed and handwritten)