An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a hatching chick. Around 1860 - image-1

Lot 235 Dα

An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a hatching chick. Around 1860

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 600 € - 900 €

An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a hatching chick. Around 1860

Standing inside the egg shell with one leg, while stepping on the rim of the shell with the other foot. The eye pupils of black horn. Signed Masatsugu. Two small chips.
Height 3.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany