A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-1
A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-2
A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-3
A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-4
A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-1A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-2A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-3A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century - image-4

Lot 446 Dα

A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 2.800 € - 3.200 €
Result: 16.380 € (incl. premium)

A small inlaid wood manjū netsuke. Tokyo. Late 19th century

Inlaid with light and dark wood carved with a flying bat renderd in frontal view and inlaid in gold with a thin crescent moon , which is hardly visible because it runs along the curve of the upper part of the manjū. Signed with two inlaid seals: Bairyū in silver and Tōkoku in red. Tiny crack to the left wing.
Diameter 3.3 cm

Provenance

Old German Private collection