A boxwood netsuke of Gama Sennin.18th century - image-1
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Lot 420 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of Gama Sennin.18th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 550 € - 650 €
Result: 938 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of Gama Sennin.18th century

Seated and holding onto the elongated leg of a stocky toad which is climbing from the sennin’s shoulder onto his head. Powerfully carved, engraved and polished. Both eyes inlaid with light-coloured horn. An unusual and amusing variation of this popular motif. Signed Ikkyû in a square reserve.
Height 4.4 cm

Provenance

Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 – 1921)

Literature

Brockhaus, p.337, no. 733