The three sake testers. Ivory. Second half 19th century - image-1

Lot 459 Dα

The three sake testers. Ivory. 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: 600 € - 700 €
Result: 3.125 € (incl. premium)

The three sake testers. Ivory. Second half 19th century

Signed: Tomochika
Standing around a sake pot, tasting its contents, depicting the well-known scene of the ‘sake testers’. Ivory, finely carved and engraved, with dark accents. A fine, shiny patina.
Width 4.2 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland

Literature

Compare the signature in: MCI, p. 890 (there listed as a student of Tomochika II, the signature different to that of the present lot)