A wood netsuke of a tanuki stirring in a mortar. 19th century - image-1

Lot 806 Dα

A wood netsuke of a tanuki stirring in a mortar. 19th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)

A wood netsuke of a tanuki stirring in a mortar. 19th century

Seated and wearing a kimono, the left sleeve tied back and with a towel on the head, the badger stirs with a pestle in a shallow mortar, which tips over, the paste flowing to the ground. The eye pupils of light horn.
Height 3.8 cm

Provenance

Lempertz, Cologne, 7./8.12.2007, lot 435