A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840 - image-1
A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840 - image-2
A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840 - image-3
A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840 - image-1A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840 - image-2A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840 - image-3

Lot 414 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 9.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 16.380 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Ca. 1820-1840

A finely rendered model of a snail emerging from its shell, its head placed on top, the long antennae spread out widely, the radial markings in fine engraving, the tight himotôshi formed by the foot. The snail stained slightly darker than the shell with the typical darker stripe. Signed Tadatoshi in ukibori in a raised rectangular cartouche.
Height 2.4 cm; length 3.8 cm

Provenance

Collection Theodor (Teddy) Hahn (1933-2012), Darmstadt