A boxwood netsuke of a boy with a Buaku mask. Mid-19th century - image-1
A boxwood netsuke of a boy with a Buaku mask. Mid-19th century - image-2
A boxwood netsuke of a boy with a Buaku mask. Mid-19th century - image-1A boxwood netsuke of a boy with a Buaku mask. Mid-19th century - image-2

Lot 336 D‡α

A boxwood netsuke of a boy with a Buaku mask. Mid-19th century

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 938 € (incl. premium)
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A boxwood netsuke of a boy with a Buaku mask. Mid-19th century

Seated and making the bekanko gesture and hiding a kyogen mask of Buaku behing his back. Tiny inlays including metal to the garment patters. Signed Ryukei on a bone tablet. Restoration to one finger and the underside with metal replacement of one cord hole lining.
Height 3.2 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Cologne