An Osaka ivory netsuke of a slug on an old roof tile. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 242 R‡α

An Osaka ivory netsuke of a slug on an old roof tile. Late 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
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An Osaka ivory netsuke of a slug on an old roof tile. Late 19th century

Crawling over a damaged roof tile, the circular front displaying the characters Kofukuji in sunken relief. Inscribed to the back Nanbu ko kawara (Old tile from Nanbu) and signed Kôhôsai ... kore.
Height 4.4 cm

Provenance

Private collection, collected between 1985 and 2017