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Lot 393 D‡α

An ivory shunga netsuke of an Okame with a mask. 19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 1.600 € - 1.800 €
Result: 3.276 € (incl. premium)
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An ivory shunga netsuke of an Okame with a mask. 19th century

Half kneeling on the long nose of a tengu mask, the hand hidden in her sleeve coyly covering her mouth, the obi tied into a big bow at the back.
Height 3 cm

Provenance

Collection Albert Brockhaus (1855–1921), sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 27.6.2020, lot 497
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired at the above auction

Literature

Illustrated in: Verena Koll, The Transformation of the Geiko in Kyoto's Gion District, in: Euronetsuke, Autumn 2023, p. 16 and 18