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Lot 935 | Important netsuke of Chôkarô Sennin with gourd
Estimate
1.200
- 1.500
€
D ‡
Result:
(incl. premium)
1.806 €
IMPORTANT NETSUKE OF CHÔKARÔ SENNIN WITH GOURD.
Origin: Japan.
Date: Late 18th/early 19th c.
Technique: Ivory with shiny, amber yellow patina. The figure might be stained a bit.
Description: Standing, dressed in a wide robe with leaf collar and apron. Knotted to his belt he has a
gourd, to which he points with his left hand. He has raised his right hand and holds a
short staff behind his neck. This staff once belonged to a fly whisk, from which probably
a part of the hair has broken off. Here was later very skilfully carved over with a leaf,
no patina is found here either.
Measurement: H.9.7cm.
Signature: Signed on the back: Nobukatsu.
Condition B.
Provenance:
-German private collection.
-Acquired at Klefisch auction 28, lot 728.
-Sotheby's "Fine Netsuke Including Property from the Collection of Alan R. Liss" (publisher of the MCI), 2.9.1993, lot 113.
Origin: Japan.
Date: Late 18th/early 19th c.
Technique: Ivory with shiny, amber yellow patina. The figure might be stained a bit.
Description: Standing, dressed in a wide robe with leaf collar and apron. Knotted to his belt he has a
gourd, to which he points with his left hand. He has raised his right hand and holds a
short staff behind his neck. This staff once belonged to a fly whisk, from which probably
a part of the hair has broken off. Here was later very skilfully carved over with a leaf,
no patina is found here either.
Measurement: H.9.7cm.
Signature: Signed on the back: Nobukatsu.
Condition B.
Provenance:
-German private collection.
-Acquired at Klefisch auction 28, lot 728.
-Sotheby's "Fine Netsuke Including Property from the Collection of Alan R. Liss" (publisher of the MCI), 2.9.1993, lot 113.
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