A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-1 A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-2 A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-3 A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-4 A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-5 A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-6 A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury - image-7

Lot 395 D α

A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
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A boxwood netsuke of Daruma or rakan being washed by an oni. Second half 19th entury

Daruma, or a rakan, with long eye brows and rings to his ears sits in a tub, whilst a small oni stands behind him rubbing his back with a towel. The eye pupils inlaid black. Signed Minkoku. Tiny chip to one foot.
Height 3 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg