A boxwood netsuke of a rat in a bag by Alexander Derkachenko - image-1

Lot 478 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a rat in a bag by Alexander Derkachenko

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 500 € - 700 €

A boxwood netsuke of a rat in a bag by Alexander Derkachenko

Peering out of a bag. Clutching it's tail with it's left which cleverly takes up the bag's cord-motive. The eyes of polished coal. Finely carved an engraved. Signed with the artist's initials DA on a round mammoth-ivory tablet to the underside next to two lucky coins.
Height 3.2 cm; width 3.6 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Rhineland, Germany