A large stag antler manjû-type netsuke of a tiger and dragon. 19th century - image-1

Lot 412 Dα

A large stag antler manjû-type netsuke of a tiger and dragon. 19th century

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanese Art (Armour, Swords, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.054 € (incl. premium)

A large stag antler manjû-type netsuke of a tiger and dragon. 19th century

Of nearly round shape, carved with a tiger crouching on a huge rock, face to face with a winding dragon emerging from the hollows of the same rock.
Diameter 4.9 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Offermann & Schmitz, Köln, at the Deutsche Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse, Munich, 1971
Coll. no. 828 (printed)