A boxwood netsuke of a thin footless ghost. Second half 19th century - image-1
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Lot 389 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a thin footless ghost. Second half 19th century

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 4.788 € (incl. premium)
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A boxwood netsuke of a thin footless ghost. Second half 19th century

With long straggly hair, the open robe revealing the emanciated chest, the seam turned upward forming a loop functioning as himotôshi. Signed Nanmusai tô.
Height 7.9 cm

Nanmusai carved this subject several times.

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium, assembled between 1950 and 1990

Literature

Cf. an almost identical version in ivory in the collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, housed in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as well as another one formerly in the Carlo Monzino collection, sold at Sotheby's, London, 21.6.1995, lot 295