A wood netsuke of a mother and child. Early 19th century - image-1

Lot 1299 Dα

A wood netsuke of a mother and child. Early 19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A wood netsuke of a mother and child. Early 19th century

A wood netsuke of a mother and child, standing bare-footed slightly bent forward with a child on her back, holding a trumpet in her right hand. Inscribed Minamoto Tametaka on an inlaid stag antler tablet. Early 19th century.
Height 7.5 cm

Provenance

Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 24.1.1975, lot 14

Literature

Illustration of the signature in: G. Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, Honolulu 1982, p. 1077