A Tokyo school tagayasan wood and ivory netsuke of Hotei, by Bairyû Tôkoku. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 283 Dα

A Tokyo school tagayasan wood and ivory netsuke of Hotei, by Bairyû Tôkoku. Late 19th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 3.294 € (incl. premium)

A Tokyo school tagayasan wood and ivory netsuke of Hotei, by Bairyû Tôkoku. Late 19th century

Standing with hands raised above his head and laughing happily, the beaded bracelets and the beaded necklace of various materials, a green-stained nyoi sceptre slipped into his sash. Signed Bairyû on an inlaid silver tablet.
Height 3.8 cm

Provenance

Christie's, London, 16.11.2000, lot 22