A boxwood netsuke of the twelve zodiac animals. 19th century - image-1

Lot 786 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of the twelve zodiac animals. 19th century

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
05.12.2015, 11:00 - Asian Art III - Japanese Art incl. The Netsuke Collection of Kolodotschko IV
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
Result: 2.604 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of the twelve zodiac animals. 19th century

The jûnishi consists of a running boar atop a snake, a dog, a rooster standing on a hare, a goat turning its head back, a reclining ox with a jumping horse on its back, and a monkey seated on the shoulders of a tiger, the group surmounted by a large writhing dragon with a rat on its back.
Height 3.7 cm; width 3.9 cm