A Tanba school boxwood netsuke of a karasu tengu hatching from an egg, by Toyoyasu. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 1049 Dα

A Tanba school boxwood netsuke of a karasu tengu hatching from an egg, by Toyoyasu. Mid-19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 868 € (incl. premium)

A Tanba school boxwood netsuke of a karasu tengu hatching from an egg, by Toyoyasu. Mid-19th century

The meddlesome karasu tengu levers itself out of its cracked egg, one wing spread out over the shell. Signed Toyoyasu.
Height 4.1 cm; length 4.1 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, March 1980
Coll. no. 588 (handwritten)