A boxwood netsuke of toads. First half 19th century - image-1

Lot 229 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of toads. First half 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.178 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of toads. First half 19th century

Squatting on top of eachother. Their forelegs placed under their massive bodies, their rough and bunpy skins' surfaces rendered with fine engravings. Signed Masanao. Crack.
Height 3.1 cm; width 2.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg, acquired at Galerie Gemini, December 1999