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Lot 386 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a fisherman and octopus. 19th century

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.400 €
Result: 1.890 € (incl. premium)
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A boxwood netsuke of a fisherman and octopus. 19th century

The fisherman wearing a buttoned shirt, an apron of long rushes and legwear of straw, is holding down an octopus by its funnel while fending off a tentacle reaching up to his head, other tentacles spread around the fisherman's body. Buttons and eye of the octopus of black horn. Signed Hô... with kaô.
Height 3.3 cm

Provenance

Ex private collection, Hesse, Germany