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Lot 870 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of reishi in a well bucket. Second half 19th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 938 € (incl. premium)
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A boxwood netsuke of reishi in a well bucket. Second half 19th century

Signed: Masanao
Out of a discarded well bucket with three reishi mushrooms under which a snail crawls along the bucket's edge. Nails inlaid with black horn.

Whilst reishi mushrooms are a symbol for long life, the snail represents fertility.
Height 3.4 cm

Provenance

Estate of Günter Kauth (1946-2016), Frankfurt am Main