A Nagoya school boxwood netsuke of Sennin Teireii, by Tomokazu. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 681 Dα

A Nagoya school boxwood netsuke of Sennin Teireii, by Tomokazu. Mid-19th century

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
05.12.2015, 11:00 - Asian Art III - Japanese Art incl. The Netsuke Collection of Kolodotschko IV
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.364 € (incl. premium)
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A Nagoya school boxwood netsuke of Sennin Teireii, by Tomokazu. Mid-19th century

A Chinese sennin hatches from an egg, his large wings placed over the shell, in his hands a scroll of bone, the end knobs stained black. Signed Tomokazu in an oval reserve.
Height 4.3 cm; width 3.9 cm

This extremely rare subject illustrates Teireii Sennin who after mastering the magic arts was transformed into a crane. Usually he is shown sitting on a flying crane.

Provenance

Due to the rare subject probably identical with the netsuke in former collection G.W. (sold at Drouot, Paris, 9.5.1934, lot 142)