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Lot 860 Dα

A walrus tusk manjû of a tanuki. Mid-19th century

Auktion 1044 - Übersicht Köln
06.12.2014, 10:30 - Netsuke aus der Slg. Kolodotschko II, Japanische Kunst
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A walrus tusk manjû of a tanuki. Mid-19th century

Carved in openwork with autumn grasses under a full moon and a soft metal inlay of a tanuki drumming his belly/scrotum, on the reverse autumn grasses, rice sheaves and pine branches. Round seal Mitsu (Kô).
Diameter 4.2 cm

Provenienz

Alain R. Liss, (sold at Sotheby’s New York, 2.9.1993, lot 175)
Edward and Marilyn Flower, New York (sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 12.5.2010, lot 134)