A stained ivory netsuke of a horse jumping through a spider's web. 19th century - image-1

Lot 1310 R‡α

A stained ivory netsuke of a horse jumping through a spider's web. 19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)
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A stained ivory netsuke of a horse jumping through a spider's web. 19th century

A stained ivory netsuke of a horse jumping through a spider's web strung on a coiled length of bamboo. 19th century. Old restoration.
Height 3.8 cm

According to Volker the netsuke illustrates a long poem (uta) about the samurais who stayed poor rather than ally themselves with a bad man and who therefore have to keep their horses in a cobwebbed stable.

Provenance

Francois Storno, Geneva (sold at Christie's, London, 16.5.2007, lot 201)

Literature

Published in: Francois Storno, Le Netske Errant, Geneve 2005, fig. 122; compare similar netsuke at the Ashmolean Museum, Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, and in the former Hindson collection (Davey 1972, no. 958)