A fruit wood netsuke of oni ni kanabô. Late 18th/early 19th century - image-1

Lot 422 Dα

A fruit wood netsuke of oni ni kanabô. Late 18th/early 19th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
08.12.2017, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 5.332 € (incl. premium)

A fruit wood netsuke of oni ni kanabô. Late 18th/early 19th century

A fruit wood netsuke of oni ni kanabô, standing with hair raised and clutching a long club (upper end restored). Signature in a reserve possibly reading Shûzan much rubbed down. Eyes of bone and black horn. Late 18th/early 19th century.
Height 9.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Reinhold Schulze, acquired between 1937 and 1945 in Japan