An amusing and well-hollowed bamboo root netsuke of a mokugyô. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 254 Dα

An amusing and well-hollowed bamboo root netsuke of a mokugyô. Late 19th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 610 € (incl. premium)
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An amusing and well-hollowed bamboo root netsuke of a mokugyô. Late 19th century

The body shaped as a shishi face and the single curved horn on the head functioning as a handle.
Height 5.4 cm

Provenance

Raymond Bushell (1911-1998)
Ueda Reikichi 1961 Tokyo Nr. 157
Lempertz, Cologne, 12/13.6.2009, lot 840

Literature

Raymond Bushell, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi, Tokyo 1961, p. 151, no. 157