A boxwood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Masakazu. 19th century - image-1

Lot 1043 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Masakazu. 19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.116 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of an oni at setsubun, by Masakazu. 19th century

The muscular oni with long hair and a tiger skin apron rolls himself up into a ball to protect himself from the roasted beans thrown at him. The three beans of unstained wood. Signed Masakazu in a cartouche reserved from the tiger skin.
Height 2.6 cm; length 3.1 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, February 1979
Coll. no. 782 (handwritten)