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Lot 474 D‡α

A lacquer and wood netsuke of a karako. Second half 19th century

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.418 € (incl. premium)
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A lacquer and wood netsuke of a karako. Second half 19th century

Standing and holding a large uchiwa decorated in lacquer and mother-of-pearl with a butterfly flying above blossoming hagi on kinji, the patterns of the robes finely painted in gold lacquer, the head and hands of ivory. Signed Hôjitsu. The handle of the uchiwa repaired and minor loss.
Height 4.5 cm

Provenance

Collection I. A. and Cecile Mann Victor, until 1989
Collection Scott Meredith (1923-1993), New York
Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., London, from 1995
Hildegard Flachsmann, Kronberg
From a North Rhine-Westphalian estate

Literature

The I. A. and Cecile Mann Victor Collection of Netsuke, Christie's, New York, 20.4.1989, lot 126 (illustrated on the cover) and Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., 100 Selected Pieces from the The Netsuke Collection of Scott Meredith, London 1995, no. 81 (illustrated on the cover)

Exhibitions

Netsuke Kenkyukai Convention, The New York Palace Hotel, New York City, 8.-15.9.1995