A large boxwood netsuke of a monkey in a chestnut. First half 19th century - image-1

Lot 342 Dα

A large boxwood netsuke of a monkey in a chestnut. First half 19th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 900 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.625 € (incl. premium)

A large boxwood netsuke of a monkey in a chestnut. First half 19th century

Emerging from a chestnut, head and forepaws outside of the fruit, the chestnut skin realistically rendered with vertical lines, the base with skin pimples in ukibori. The eye pupils of bone.
Height 3.4 cm