A wood netsuke of I no Hayata killing the nue. 19th century - image-1

Lot 475 Dα

A wood netsuke of I no Hayata killing the nue. 19th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
08.12.2017, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 2.728 € (incl. premium)

A wood netsuke of I no Hayata killing the nue. 19th century

A wood netsuke of I no Hayata holding down the monster animal with the face of a monkey and brandishing his sword, on a cloud base with the single himotoshi hole lined with silver. 19th century.
Height 4.7 cm

Provenance

Collection Reinhold Schulze, acquired between 1937 and 1945 in Japan