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Lot 838 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a leaping hare. Early 19th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 11.250 € (incl. premium)
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A boxwood netsuke of a leaping hare. Early 19th century

Signed underneath: Yoshitsugu
Leaping, the hind legs stretched, the head raised, the long ears laid down the back. The eyes of slightly protruding inlays of brown horn.
Length 5.6 cm

Provenance

Collection Henry T. Reiss, sold at Glendining's, London, 25.-26.2.1918 (part of lot 446)
Collection J. R. Hawker, sold at Glendining's, London, 1954
Collection William W. Winkworth (1897-1991)
Collection Mark T. Hindson, sold between 1967 and 1969 at Sotheby’s, London
Private collection, Berlin, acquired at Mellors&Kirk, Nottingham, 21.6.2017, lot 464

Literature

Ill. in: George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Honolulu 1982, Vol. 2, p. 1247
On p. 552 (no. 3343) of his book on the Hindson collection Neil Davey lists a netsuke of a running hare dated ca. 1820 with a reference to F. Meinertzhagen.