A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880 - image-1
A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880 - image-2
A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880 - image-3
A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880 - image-1A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880 - image-2A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880 - image-3

Lot 413 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 11.340 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of three snails. Nagoya. Ca. 1880

Two of them mating, with their bodies emerging from their shells, the wood carved to bring out the contrasting surfaces, the snails' antennae undercut, the himotôshi formed by an opening between the three shells. Signed Hideharu in a curved, rectangular cartouche.
Height 2.7 cm; width 4.9 cm

Provenance

Collection Dr. Rahm, Geneva, sold at Christie's London, 14.11.2001, lot 81
Collection Theodor (Teddy) Hahn (1933-2012), Darmstadt