A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a smiling karako on a fan. Late 18th/early 19th century - image-1

Lot 699 Dα

A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a smiling karako on a fan. Late 18th/early 19th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 1.300 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)
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A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a smiling karako on a fan. Late 18th/early 19th century

Crawling over Hotei’s large Chinese-style stiff fan and holding onto the rim, beside him a tama, both sides of the fan with peonies and scrolls in line engraving on a stippled ground, the handle in shape of a bamboo rod. Inscribed Masanao in an irregular reserve.
Height 2.4 cm; length 5 cm

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Provenance

Private Collection, Southern Germany (sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 12./13.6.2009, lot 761)