A Tokyo school ivory shunga netsuke of a young woman with a scroll, by Hakuunsai II. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 425 D‡α

A Tokyo school ivory shunga netsuke of a young woman with a scroll, by Hakuunsai II. Late 19th century

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanese Art (Armour, Swords, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Estimate: 1.400 € - 1.600 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)
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A Tokyo school ivory shunga netsuke of a young woman with a scroll, by Hakuunsai II. Late 19th century

Looking up smiling, holding a scroll in her hands. Her elaboratly coiffed black-stained hair adorned with a glass pin. Her lips, the collar of her kimono as well as the inside of her sleeves stained red. Her spread out kimono reveals her pubic area. Signed Hakuunsai.
Height 4.2 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Munich

Literature

Illustrated in: Japanische Netsuke von Meistern. Okimono, Inro, Galerie Zacke, Vienna Kitzendorf 2005, cat. no. 42