A fine mammoth-ivory netsuke of a fox monk by Alexander Derkachenko - image-1

Lot 456 Dα

A fine mammoth-ivory netsuke of a fox monk by Alexander Derkachenko

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €

A fine mammoth-ivory netsuke of a fox monk by Alexander Derkachenko

Seated on a scroll, dressed in a loose monk's robe that only leaves the eyes and the bushy tail visible. The eyes of polished coal, xìng (Luck) engraved and inked to the scroll.
Height 2.8 cm; width 3.3 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Rhineland, Germany

Literature

Comp. another version of this subject in: Taishu, Komatsu (Ed.), Netsuke The Prince Takamado Collection, Tokyo 2011, No. 217, p. 75