A boxwood netsuke of a Shar Pei - image-1

Lot 496 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a Shar Pei

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 300 € - 500 €

A boxwood netsuke of a Shar Pei

Seated, a crumpled piece of paper on its mouth. The wood grain accentuates the fur's numerous wrinkles. The dog breed (Shar-Pei) and the carver's name (Akimenko) finely engraved in cyrillic to the underside as well as the year 2009.
Height 3 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland