An Edo school ivory netsuke of a karako and a cockerel on a drum, by Gyokusai. Second half 19th century - image-1

Lot 419 D‡α

An Edo school ivory netsuke of a karako and a cockerel on a drum, by Gyokusai. Second half 19th century

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanese Art (Armour, Swords, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
Result: 868 € (incl. premium)
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An Edo school ivory netsuke of a karako and a cockerel on a drum, by Gyokusai. Second half 19th century

Lying on an oval drum, placing his hand on the back of a cockerel. An opening to the drum's side revealing a hen with her chick. The drum nails of black horn. Signed Gyokusai to the underside.
Width 3.5 cm; height 2.7 cm

A group of a cockerel with a hen and chicks can be read as a symbol of domestic harmony especially when paired with a drum which has been sounded to assemble troops in times of war and which now functions as a roosting place.

Provenance

Private collection, Munich