A large Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei. Late 18th century - image-1

Lot 681 Dα

A large Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei. Late 18th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 2.400 € - 2.800 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)
Print page
Watchlist

A large Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei. Late 18th century

The triangular piece carved in the shape of Hotei standing one foot placed over the other, bare-bellied and hirsute with huge earlobes, a laughing karako at his shoulder who sticks out his tongue and holds a stiff fan. The eye pupils of black horn.
Height 7 cm

This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you that such licenses are usually not granted.