An amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei and a karako. Around 1800 - image-1

Lot 613 Dα

An amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei and a karako. Around 1800

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
05.12.2015, 11:00 - Asian Art III - Japanese Art incl. The Netsuke Collection of Kolodotschko IV
Estimate: 900 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)

An amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei and a karako. Around 1800

Seated hirsute in a wide robe and with huge earlobes, Hotei holds on to the karako in front of him, who is pulling out hairs from Hotei’s sprouting beard with a pair of tweezers. The hair tufts of black horn.
Height 3.8 cm