A small boxwood netsuke of Nitta no Shiro. 19th century - image-1

Lot 743 Dα

A small boxwood netsuke of Nitta no Shiro. 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 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.356 € (incl. premium)

A small boxwood netsuke of Nitta no Shiro. 19th century

Nitta no Shiro sits backwards on the back of a running boar and is about to cut off its tail, underneath the boar a soldier wearing a jingasa and holding a bamboo pole.
Height 3.3 cm; width 4.4 cm