A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century - image-1
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A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century - image-3
A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century - image-4
A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century - image-5
A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century - image-6
A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century - image-7
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Lot 442 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 450 € - 600 €
Result: 3.750 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of a mermaid with a child. Early 19th century

A mermaid breastfeeding a child. Very finely carved and engraved, some dark accents, partly rubbed through wear and softly polished. Signed Ganko (?) on a slightly raised square reserve.
Length 4.8 cm

Provenance

Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 – 1921), acquired at Rex & Co., Berlin, 28.3.1899

Literature

Brockhaus, p. 363, no. 564