A boxwood netsuke of a Konoha Tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki. 19th century - image-1

Lot 843 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a Konoha Tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki. 19th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 300 € - 400 €
Result: 372 € (incl. premium)
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A boxwood netsuke of a Konoha Tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki. 19th century

A Konoha Tengu mask with long phallic nose and beard is wrapped in a furoshiki, one corner of the cloth flapped over revealing the mask inside.
Height 3.7 cm

Provenance

Old private collection (possibly Wilhelm Solf [1862-1936]), Germany (sold at Weinmüller, Munich, 2.-4.5.1956, lot 171)
Lempertz, Cologne, 11./12.6.2010, lot 1023