An ivory seal netsuke of a phoenix. 19th century - image-1

Lot 1119 Dα

An ivory seal netsuke of a phoenix. 19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.700 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)

An ivory seal netsuke of a phoenix. 19th century

Standing on a flat base, the head turned backwards, the long tail feathers slung around the base; the bottom carved with two seals with two characters in engraving above twelve very delicately carved characters in sunken relief. Remains of red seal ink.
Height 3.3 cm; length 3.6 cm

Provenance

Albert Brockhaus (1855-1921) (by repute)
Walter Lionel Behrens, Manchester, UK (publ. in: Joly 1912/1966, no. 2556)
Dr. Karl M. Schwarz (1926-2007), Vienna (sold at Christie’s, Amsterdam, 20./21.5.2008, lot 499)

Literature

Schwarz 1992, no. 118, p. 56-57