A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-1
A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-2
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A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-4
A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-5
A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-1A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-2A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-3A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-4A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century - image-5

Lot 862 Dα

A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 7.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 8.125 € (incl. premium)
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A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century

Looking like a South-Sea islander and wearing a knee-length apron the man stands with emaciated and contorted body screaming with arms stretched above him. Inscribed Kunimitsu in a rectangular reserve. Wooden box with the sticker of the T. Z. Shiota Gallery.
Height 15.2 cm

Provenance

Shiota Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Literature

Hurtig (No. 367) and Lazarnick (p. 642) illustrate an almost identical Muchojin, also called mufuku, which could have be the model for the present netsuke.