A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei, by Yasuaki (Hômei). Around 1900 - image-1

Lot 622 Dα

A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei, by Yasuaki (Hômei). Around 1900

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 18:00 - Netsuke and Sagemono
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 2.728 € (incl. premium)

A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei, by Yasuaki (Hômei). Around 1900

Seated bare-footed, his loosely worn robe revealing his left shoulder, hairy chest and full belly, the green-stained robe decorated with tama in silver and copper inlay, the jui sceptre stuck into the belt of wood. Signed Yasuaki (Hômei) in seal script on a seal-type red tablet.
Height .4 cm