An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century - image-1
An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century - image-2
An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century - image-3
An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century - image-1An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century - image-2An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century - image-3

Lot 425 Dα

An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 8.125 € (incl. premium)
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An Osaka school boxwood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin, by Tsuji. Second half 18th century

Exhaling his soul, his lips still pursed from blowing, looking up at his outstretched left hand. He wears a belted leaf robe and gaiters and holds a bamboo stick in his right hand. Very finely carved, engraved and polished. Signed Tsuji on the inside of the himotoshi. Restored.
Height 7.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 – 1921), acquired at Rex & Co., Berlin, 23.4.1903

Literature

Cf. MCI, p. 959. According to Meinertzhagen, Brockhaus mentions a further piece by Tsuji in the Hayashi Collection – a piece that is dated to the 19th century.