A wood netsuke of a man with pestle and mortar. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 473 Dα

A wood netsuke of a man with pestle and mortar. Mid-19th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
08.12.2017, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 200 € - 400 €

A wood netsuke of a man with pestle and mortar. Mid-19th century

A boxwood netsuke of a seated man with a mortar clamped between his feet while preparing miso paste with a big pestle. Mid-19th century.
Height 3.9 cm

Provenance

Collection Reinhold Schulze, aquired between 1937 and 1945 in Japan