A boxwood netsuke of a sleeping woodcutter. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 211 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a sleeping woodcutter. Mid-19th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.400 €

A boxwood netsuke of a sleeping woodcutter. Mid-19th century

Stretched out on a hollow log, wearing only a fundoshi, his axe placed behind him, the himotôshi formed by holes in the log. Signed Unboku in an oval reserve.
Height 2.6 cm; length 5.1 cm

Provenance

Collection Charles A. Greenfield, sold at Soth,s New York, Part III, 24.3.1999, lot 72

Literature

Compare the signature of a netsuke of thesame subject, illustrated in: Lazarnick, p. 1204