A Hida school boxwood okimono type netsuke of Shôki and oni, by Shôko. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 279 Dα

A Hida school boxwood okimono type netsuke of Shôki and oni, by Shôko. Late 19th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.684 € (incl. premium)

A Hida school boxwood okimono type netsuke of Shôki and oni, by Shôko. Late 19th century

Seated and enjoying the massage that an oni dressed as a woman is giving him by beating his shoulder with its fists. The eye pupils of black glass. Signed Shôko.
Height 4.5 cm

Provenance

Edward and Marilyn Flower, New York (sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 12.5.2010, lot 94)