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A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century - image-1A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century - image-2A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century - image-3A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century - image-4A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century - image-5

Lot 515 D‡α

A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.200 € - 2.500 €
Result: 10.625 € (incl. premium)
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A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a wolf and monkey, by Okakoto. First half 19th century

With the long tail placed between its front legs, the seated wolf holds a monkey with its front paws, biting the monkey’s right arm up to the elbow. Finely carved and engraved, the spine accentuated in relief, the eyes inlaid with black horn. Signed Okakoto in a square reserve on the left hindleg.
Length 4.5 cm

Provenance

Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 – 1921), acquired 23.11.1908