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Lot 68 Dα

A very large ivory netsuke of Hakusôzu. Late 18th century

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 7.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 11.590 € (incl. premium)
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A very large ivory netsuke of Hakusôzu. Late 18th century

The sly fox who has changed into a priest, the head turned sideways and covered by a priest’s hood, both his human hands placed on the bamboo cane.
Height 11.7 cm

Provenance

Isobel Sharpe
Duveen
Oscar Raphael
M.T. Hindson (1883-1968)
Private collection, England (sold at Christie's, London, 14.5.2008, lot 127)

Literature

M.B. Huish, Japan and its Art, London 1902, p. 239
The Connoisseur, April 1955 (M.T. Hindson, The beauty of Netsuke of Mrs. Isabel Sharpe, The Coinnoisseur, vol. CXXXV, no. 55, May, p.151ff )
MCI, British Museum, London
Davey 1982, p. 318, no. 972