A Nagoya school cherry wood netsuke of a tanuki and a hunter, by Ittan. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 682 Dα

A Nagoya school cherry wood netsuke of a tanuki and a hunter, by Ittan. 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: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A Nagoya school cherry wood netsuke of a tanuki and a hunter, by Ittan. Mid-19th century

A screaming hunter is smothered by the distended scrotum of a tanuki, the small badger standing on top, the underside carefully carved with the feet and the hand of the hunter, his hood and a gun. Signed Ittan with kaô.
Height 2.2 cm; width 3.2 cm