A boxwood netsuke of a Totsuka beggar or so called blind stone lifter. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 1292 D‡α

A boxwood netsuke of a Totsuka beggar or so called blind stone lifter. Mid-19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
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A boxwood netsuke of a Totsuka beggar or so called blind stone lifter. Mid-19th century

A boxwood netsuke of a Totsuka beggar or so-called blind stone lifter wearing only a fundoshi and lifting his abnormalyl distended testicles or a boulder respectively. The blind eye and the teeth of bone. Signed Gyokkei on an inlaid ivory tablet. Mid-19th century.
Height 3.5 cm