An ivory netsuke of a Chinese musician. Around 1800 - image-1

Lot 437 Dα

An ivory netsuke of a Chinese musician. Around 1800

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanese Art (Armour, Swords, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Estimate: 550 € - 600 €

An ivory netsuke of a Chinese musician. Around 1800

Laughing, holding a trumpet in his right hand and a chrysanthemum branch in his left, which he uses to tease a karako standing next to him. Finely and meticulously carved, partly polished, details darkly stained.
Height 5 cm

Provenance

Collection Karl M. Schwarz (1926-2007), Vienna

Literature

Illustrated in: Karl M. Schwarz, Netsuke Subjects, Vienna 1992, p. 85, no. 214