A stained ivory netsuke of a Chinese sennin on a kirin. 19th century - image-1

Lot 917 Dα

A stained ivory netsuke of a Chinese sennin on a kirin. 19th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.400 €
Result: 2.728 € (incl. premium)
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A stained ivory netsuke of a Chinese sennin on a kirin. 19th century

Seated with a calligraphy scroll in his hands on a long-legged kirin with a scaly body and the bushy tail of a shishi. Signed Miura shi Yoshinaga.
Height 7.1 cm

Compare a similar signature in Lazarnick 1982, p. 1238

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Provenance

John Strong (1909-2000), South Africa (by repute)
Barry Davies (1948-2005), London

Literature

Barry Davies 2002, no. 81
München 2004, no. 125