An Osaka school stained ivory netsuke of Hotei in his bag, by Mitsuhiro. Dated 1845 - image-1
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Lot 869 Dα

An Osaka school stained ivory netsuke of Hotei in his bag, by Mitsuhiro. Dated 1845

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 18.600 € (incl. premium)
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An Osaka school stained ivory netsuke of Hotei in his bag, by Mitsuhiro. Dated 1845

Shown laughing and sitting in his large stitched bag and looking out, his face with a stubbly beard. Signed Kôka ni fuyu jûichigatsu kinoe-ne (Kôka 2 winter, 11th month) Mitsuhiro with kaô.
Height 3.2 cm; width 3.4 cm

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Provenance

Michel Edde, Beirut

Literature

Luigi Bandini, A report on the auctions, in: Netsuke kenkyukai Study Journal, vol. 6, no. 2 (1986), p. 30, lot 124a&b
G. Wilhelm, Netsuke. Collection Michel Edde, Editions Dar An-Nahar, 1998, Nr. 97, p. 92
Sagemonoya 2008, no. 123