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Lot 436 Dα

A dark stained boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Mid-19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 6.500 € - 7.500 €
Result: 6.552 € (incl. premium)
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A dark stained boxwood netsuke of a snail. Nagoya. Mid-19th century

Emerging from its shell, the antennae resting flat on the surface, the mollusc’s slimy body realistically engraved with fine cross-hatching which contrasts with the delicate ribbing of the shell. Signature almost illegible, most probably reading: Hōgen Tadayoshi, rendered in ukibori in two adjacent rectangular reserves. One eye inlaid, the other inlay missing.

Provenance

Sotheby’s, London, 8.6.2000, lot 132
Theodor "Teddy" Hahn (1933-2012), Darmstadt

Literature

Illustrated in: Rosemary Bandini, In a Nutshell, Japanese Netsuke from European Collections, London 2013, p. 82, sign. illustrated on p. 160