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Lot 210 D‡α

An ivory netsuke of a boy with a hozuki. Mid-19th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 500 € - 800 €
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An ivory netsuke of a boy with a hozuki. Mid-19th century

Seated with one sleeve slipped off his shoulder, opening the shell of a physalis and revealing the fruit inside, the original coral bead replaced by a quartz. Part of the shell probably reworked.
Height 3.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany