An ivory peg manjû of a tiger. Dated 1878 - image-1

Lot 1118 Dα

An ivory peg manjû of a tiger. Dated 1878

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 6.200 € (incl. premium)

An ivory peg manjû of a tiger. Dated 1878

The front with a running tiger near a rock and bamboo, the reverse with a tiger standing near a creek, all in fine hairline engraving, stained black. Inscribed Meiji tsuchinoe-tora (1878) in mid-winter, the 72-year-old Genkosai Kindô with kaô.
Diameter 5.2 cm

Provenance

Collection Dr. Franz Weber
A gift from Grete Damm, Munich, October 1982
Coll. no. 576 (handwritten)

Literature

Illustrated in: Netsuke, Vol. 1, no. 10 (1961), title page and mentioned on page 13 as in the author’s collection (i.e. Dr.Franz Weber)