An ivory netsuke of tengu no tamago. Around 1800 - image-1

Lot 530 Dα

An ivory netsuke of tengu no tamago. Around 1800

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 18:00 - Netsuke and Sagemono
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 744 € (incl. premium)

An ivory netsuke of tengu no tamago. Around 1800

A karasu tengu steps out from an egg by holding on to the edge of the shell, one foot on the ground, the tip of the wing giving stability to the netsuke. The eye pupils of black horn. Inscribed Garaku.
Height 3.5 cm

Provenance

Lempertz, Cologne, 12./13.6.2009, lot 772