An ivory netsuke of two monks in an alms bowl. Around 1900 - image-1

Lot 420 Dα

An ivory netsuke of two monks in an alms bowl. Around 1900

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
08.12.2017, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €

An ivory netsuke of two monks in an alms bowl. Around 1900

An ivory netsuke of two monks in an alms bowl, one with prayer beads, the other with a flywhisk with a long handle, inlays of mother-of-pearl along the rim. Signed Gyokumin on an inlaid red lacquer tablet. Around 1900.
Height 2.2 cm; width 3.6 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse