A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century - image-1
A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century - image-2
A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century - image-3
A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century - image-1A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century - image-2A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century - image-3

Lot 393 Dα

A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 6.048 € (incl. premium)

A light boxwood netsuke of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. 19th century

A two-horned dragon bedded on clouds emerges from snail's shell.
Height 1.4 cm; length 4.5 cm

This rare subject has not yet been identified.

Provenance

Collection Walter Lionel Behrens (1861-1913), Manchester
Private collection, Düsseldorf

Literature

Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection. Part I: Netsuke (London, 1913), no. 5428, Plate LXX