A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century - image-1
A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century - image-2
A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century - image-3
A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century - image-1A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century - image-2A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century - image-3

Lot 511 D‡α

A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.100 € - 1.300 €
Result: 1.062 € (incl. premium)
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A Tokyo school ivory netsuke of a puppy on a fan, by Gyokuyôsai. Mid-19th century

A puppy with an unusually bushy, very finely engraved tail, lying on a square fan (uchiwa), the sticks decorated in very fine relief. The eyes inlaid with black horn. Signed Gyokuyôsai.
Width 4 cm

Provenance

Estate of Albert Brockhaus (1855 – 1921), acquired at Rex & Co., Berlin, 13.10.1898

Literature

Brockhaus, p. 428, no. 363
Cf. MCI, p. 94, where a second netsuke from this carver is listed, found in the Brockhaus Collection. Brockhaus also lists a further depiction of a puppy by Gyokuhosai on plate 23 in his publication.