A wood okimono of rakan Handaka Sonja. 19th century - image-1

Lot 290 Dα

A wood okimono of rakan Handaka Sonja. 19th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 600 € - 1.000 €
Result: u. R.732 € (incl. premium)

A wood okimono of rakan Handaka Sonja. 19th century

Seated on a bizarre flattened rock, in company of a large dragon emerging from an alm’s bowl. Inscribed at the base ni Kanakabassa Sonja.
Height 7.3 cm

The second rakan Kanakavatsa (jap. Kanakabassa), is usually depicted with a long sceptre or fly whisk. The dragon emerging from a bowl is generally associated with the 10th rakan Panthaka (jap. Handaka).

Literature

Stockholm 1999, p. 31