A fine Tokyo school inlaid boxwood netsuke of Ebisu, by Kôkoku. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 282 Dα

A fine Tokyo school inlaid boxwood netsuke of Ebisu, by Kôkoku. Late 19th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.416 € (incl. premium)
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A fine Tokyo school inlaid boxwood netsuke of Ebisu, by Kôkoku. Late 19th century

Clad in his typical garb with sleeves tied back and seated with a fishing rod, gold wire fishing line ending in a red lacquer sea bream’s mouth, other details of green-stained bone, translucent horn, the eboshi of black wood. Signed Kôkoku and red lacquer seal Kôkoku.
Height 3.6 cm

Literature

Exhibited/published
Netsuke and Sagemono, Omnibus, Sagemonoya, Tokyo 2008, cat. no. 27