A wood okimono-type netsuke of two monkeys. Second half 19th century - image-1

Lot 221 Dα

A wood okimono-type netsuke of two monkeys. Second half 19th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 562 € (incl. premium)

A wood okimono-type netsuke of two monkeys. Second half 19th century

The seated mother animal is hiding a fruit behind her back, into which she has bitten, while a young monkey in front of her reaches for the mouth which the mother holds shut with her paw. The eye pupils of black horn. Signed Harumitsu.
Height 5.2 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany, acquirerd from Offermann & Schmitz, Wuppertal