A rare nut netsuke of takaramono, by Masaya. 19th century - image-1

Lot 756 Dα

A rare nut netsuke of takaramono, by Masaya. 19th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 744 € (incl. premium)

A rare nut netsuke of takaramono, by Masaya. 19th century

Finely carved with kakure-gasa, shippô, Daikoku’s mallet, kanebukuro, chôji, key, and tama of various sizes, all on a large mino. Signed Masaya on a small tablet.
Height 2.9 cm; length 3.7 cm

Provenance

Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris
Albert Brockhaus (1855-1921), Leipzig (sold at Klefisch, Cologne, 23.5.1981, lot 118)
Hanns Jatzlau, Steinkrug bei Hannover (sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 12.6.2006, lot 1057)

Literature

Brockhaus 1925, p. 415, no. 891 (no ill.)