An ivory netsuke of a fisherman with an octopus. 19th century - image-1

Lot 174 Dα

An ivory netsuke of a fisherman with an octopus. 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €

An ivory netsuke of a fisherman with an octopus. 19th century

Squatting and desperately trying to free himself from the tightly entwined tentacle of the octopus. The octopus' eye carved separately. Signed Tomokazu.
Height 3.3 cm; width 3.2 cm

Provenance

Albert Randerath, Heinsberg
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 28./29.11.1980, lot 305