An extremely well hollowed out walrus tusk ryûsa manjû of Taishin’ô. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 1018 Dα

An extremely well hollowed out walrus tusk ryûsa manjû of Taishin’ô. Mid-19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.364 € (incl. premium)

An extremely well hollowed out walrus tusk ryûsa manjû of Taishin’ô. Mid-19th century

Carved in openwork with the Chinese female immortal Taishin’ô playing the one-stringed zither, her long shawl and robe as well as clouds billowing around her. On the reverse a stylised flower.
Diameter 4.2 cm

Provenance

A gift from Grete Damm, Munich, December 1981
Coll. no. 538 (handwritten)