A ryûsa-type ivory manjû. Second half 19th century - image-1

Lot 233 Rα

A ryûsa-type ivory manjû. Second half 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
Result: 1.178 € (incl. premium)

A ryûsa-type ivory manjû. Second half 19th century

In openwork relief a carp and a tortoise amidst the waves of a lotus pond. The eye pupil of the fish of mother-of-pearl. Signed Issen.
Diameter 4.5 cm

Provenance

Possibly collection H. Seymour Trower
Private collection, collected between 1985 and 2017

Literature

See: Catalogue of the H. Seymour Trower Collection of Japanese Atrt, London 1913 (Reprint 1975), no. 370B for possibly the identical netsuke