An amusing Tokyo school inlaid ivory netsuke of Fukurokuju, by Kokoku. Early 20th century - image-1

Lot 300 Dα

An amusing Tokyo school inlaid ivory netsuke of Fukurokuju, by Kokoku. Early 20th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.464 € (incl. premium)
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An amusing Tokyo school inlaid ivory netsuke of Fukurokuju, by Kokoku. Early 20th century

Seated with his legs outstreched, with a scroll held in his lap, and a tabakoire and kiseruzutsu at his belt, his dress and hat inlaid with mother-of-pearl, black horn, silver and green glass. Signed Kokoku on an inlaid red lacquer tablet.
Height 2.7 cm

The signature has erroneously been read "Ryûkoku".

Provenance

W. Guest collection, no. 201 (the collection was sold in Paris 1933 and 1934)
M.T. Hindson (1883 -1968) (sold at Sotheby's, London, 19.3.1968, lot 418)

Literature

Davey 1982, p. 167, no. 499