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Lot 837 D‡α

An ivory netsuke of a hare with a biwa-fruit. Second half 19th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.300 €
Result: 4.000 € (incl. premium)
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An ivory netsuke of a hare with a biwa-fruit. Second half 19th century

Signed: Ranboku
Nibbling on a thick biwa which it holds between its paws. The stylised large leaves inlaid in black horn, the eyes in coral.

Meinertzhagen and Lazarnick both list Ranboku as a carver. However, both the depiction of the hare with biwa and the long slit-like ears recall the works of Ranichi.
Height 2.9 cm

Provenance

Estate of Countess Rechberg, Munich, acquired at Flachsmann, Kronberg, 12.11.2000 (invoice available)