A boxwood netsuke of a bell, by Kiyozumi. Early 19th century - image-1

Lot 193 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a bell, by Kiyozumi. Early 19th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 488 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of a bell, by Kiyozumi. Early 19th century

The temple bell with a double-headed dragon handle, the waist sub-divided into several panels, four of them with twenty-five bosses. Signed Kiyozumi.
Height 5.1 cm

The bell alludes either to Kiyohime, who winds around the Dôjôji bell, or to Benkei, who carried the bell of Miidera up Mount Hiei.