A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century - image-1 A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century - image-2 A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century - image-3 A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century - image-4 A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century - image-5

Lot 494 D α

A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.796 € (incl. premium)
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A wood netsuke of a wasp in rotting pear. In the style of Sangetsu. Nagoya. Second half 19th century

The pear with large skin pimples in ukibori displaying a wide opening with a wasp feeding inside, to the reverse two more openings revealing the rotting flesh, forming the himôtoshi. The eyes of the insect of horn.
Length 5.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Düsseldorf