A Nagoya wood netsuke of a chrysynthemum flower and insects. 19th century - image-1

Lot 245 Rα

A Nagoya wood netsuke of a chrysynthemum flower and insects. 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.976 € (incl. premium)

A Nagoya wood netsuke of a chrysynthemum flower and insects. 19th century

Atop the flower sits a fly rendered in bone and with large eyes of black horn while an ant rendered in lacquered metal crawls over the petals, on the underside another ant, the himotôshi formed by the curved stem. Signed Tadatoshi in ukibori in a rectangular reserve.
Width 4 cm

Provenance

Private collection, USA, acquired at Christie's, London, 14.5.2008, lot 164