A boxwood netsuke of two bats and a reishi. Second half 19th century - image-1

Lot 1142 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of two bats and a reishi. Second half 19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
Result: 1.116 € (incl. premium)

A boxwood netsuke of two bats and a reishi. Second half 19th century

A small bat with wing tips placed together sitting on the outspread wing of a larger bat. On the reverse the stem of a reishi forms the himotôshi. Signed …hô (tama) tô.
Width 5 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Ohmura, Hamburg, August 1971
Coll. no. 878 (printed and handwritten)