A stag antler obi hasami-netsuke. 19th century - image-1
A stag antler obi hasami-netsuke. 19th century - image-2
A stag antler obi hasami-netsuke. 19th century - image-1A stag antler obi hasami-netsuke. 19th century - image-2

Lot 808 Nα

A stag antler obi hasami-netsuke. 19th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 1.600 € - 1.800 €

A stag antler obi hasami-netsuke. 19th century

Signed in an oval reserve to the reverse: Chikusai
Strongly stylised in the form of an aubergine (nasubi), the upper hook circumferentially carved with the highly stylised leaves of the calyx and with himotoshi.
Height 11 cm

Provenance

Private collection, compiled between 1985 and 2017, acquired at Bonhams, New York, 15.9.2015, lot 3139

Literature

Ill. in: Scholten Japanese Art, Expressions of Style: Netsuke as Art, New York, 2001, no. 192