A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century - image-1
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A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century - image-1A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century - image-2A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century - image-3A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century - image-4

Lot 441 Dα

A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 6.250 € (incl. premium)
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A Nagoya school fruitwood netsuke of a mermaid, by Bokuji. Mid-19th century

Coiled, clasping her body and tail with both hands. Very finely carved and engraved and with some dark accents. Signed Bokuji in ukibori in a square reserve.
Width 3.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Samuel (Siegfried) Bing, Paris (1838 - 1905)
Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 - 1921), acquired 19.6.1897

Literature

Cf. the netsuke index card in: MCI, p. 15