An Edo school ivory netsuke of a kappa on a lotus leaf, by Gyokuyôsai. Around 1850/1870 - image-1

Lot 585 Dα

An Edo school ivory netsuke of a kappa on a lotus leaf, by Gyokuyôsai. Around 1850/1870

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 18:00 - Netsuke and Sagemono
Estimate: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)

An Edo school ivory netsuke of a kappa on a lotus leaf, by Gyokuyôsai. Around 1850/1870

The kappa crawls over a lotus leaf and looks through a hole in search of a cucumber on the underside with a rolled up lotus leaf whose stem forms the himotôshi. Signed Gyokuyôsai.
Width 4.6 cm