An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century - image-1
An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century - image-2
An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century - image-3
An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century - image-1An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century - image-2An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century - image-3

Lot 212 R‡α

An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 400 € - 500 €
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An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th century

A large group of rats huddle together in an awabi shell while other rats at the rim try to join them. Signed Masamitsu on a green-stained inlaid tablet. The eye pupils of black or brown glass. One group of rats at the rim restuck, another animal at the rim missing.
Height 2. 1 cm; width 4.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, collected between 1985 and 2017