A dark brown wood shunga netsuke. 19th century - image-1
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Lot 393 Dα

A dark brown wood shunga netsuke. 19th century

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 3.200 € - 3.600 €
Result: 4.500 € (incl. premium)
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A dark brown wood shunga netsuke. 19th century

The bean-shape outer female sexual organs display large labia and a vagina with a moveable bald head, probably that of a monk. Thin cracks.
Length 4.6 cm

Provenance

Collection Teddy Hahn (1933-2012), Darmstadt

Literature

Illustrated in: Netsuke & Sagemono, Cologne 2017, p. 124, cat. no. 207

Exhibitions

Netsuke & Sagemono, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, 2.9.-1.11.2017