An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-1
An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-2
An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-3
An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-4
An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-5
An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-6
An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-1An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-2An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-3An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-4An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-5An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century - image-6

Lot 562 Dα

An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 650 € - 950 €
Result: 5.500 € (incl. premium)

An Asakusa-type stag antler netsuke of snails on a lotus leaf. Mid-19th century

Carved in the form of a large and a small snail on a lotus leaf. Some dark staining. Inscribed Koku in a recessed square seal.
Length 4.1 cm; height 2.7 cm

Provenance

Collection Edmond de Goncourt, Paris (1822 - 1896), sold at Drouot, Paris, 8.-13.3.1897, lot 1005
Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1955 – 1921) acquired at the above auction

Literature

Brockhaus, p. 448, no. 191