An elaborate Osaka school slightly stained ivory netsuke of Kinko Sennin. Around 1850/1870 - image-1

Lot 523 Dα

An elaborate Osaka school slightly stained ivory netsuke of Kinko Sennin. Around 1850/1870

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 18:00 - Netsuke and Sagemono
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

An elaborate Osaka school slightly stained ivory netsuke of Kinko Sennin. Around 1850/1870

Wearing patterned robes, Kinko rides a jumping carp, holding onto the fish’s head, the carp surrounded by swirling waves. The eye pupils of the fish of black horn.
Height 4.7 cm

Provenance

Bonhams, New York, 25.3.2010