An ivory netsuke of a dried salmon head and a rat. First half 19th century - image-1
An ivory netsuke of a dried salmon head and a rat. First half 19th century - image-2
An ivory netsuke of a dried salmon head and a rat. First half 19th century - image-1An ivory netsuke of a dried salmon head and a rat. First half 19th century - image-2

Lot 1167 Dα

An ivory netsuke of a dried salmon head and a rat. First half 19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.600 €

An ivory netsuke of a dried salmon head and a rat. First half 19th century

A rat, its head turned to the side, sits on the severed head of a shiosake with cross-hatched scales, a large head and mouth wide open. The rat’s eyes of black horn.
Length 4.6 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, 30.4.1979
The Papp Collection (no. 812)