A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a monkey with an inrô, by Yoshiyuki. Ca. 1960-1970 - image-1

Lot 981 Dα

A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a monkey with an inrô, by Yoshiyuki. Ca. 1960-1970

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 300 € - 600 €
Result: 744 € (incl. premium)
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A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a monkey with an inrô, by Yoshiyuki. Ca. 1960-1970

Seated in a sleeveless jacket with asa-no-ha pattern, the monkey inspects the manjû hanging from an inrô with a lorgnette. The inrô lacquered brown, the manjû of greenish colour, at the back a tear-shaped glass or semi-precious stone inlay. Signed Yoshiyuki.
Height 3.6 cm

Shibata Yoshiyuki (1883-1970) lived in Tokyo and became known for monkey-mimic and using stone inlays and pigments for embellishment of his netsuke.
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