A black wood netsuke of a bamboo internodium and a frog. Possibly Iwami. 19th century - image-1
A black wood netsuke of a bamboo internodium and a frog. Possibly Iwami. 19th century - image-2
A black wood netsuke of a bamboo internodium and a frog. Possibly Iwami. 19th century - image-1A black wood netsuke of a bamboo internodium and a frog. Possibly Iwami. 19th century - image-2

Lot 375 Dα

A black wood netsuke of a bamboo internodium and a frog. Possibly Iwami. 19th century

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 900 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.375 € (incl. premium)

A black wood netsuke of a bamboo internodium and a frog. Possibly Iwami. 19th century

A frog hides inside a piece of bamboo cut diagonally on one side, the cord channel running trough the inside and exist through the nodal diaphragram.
Length 5.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired at Nagel, Stuttgart, 25.5.1999, lot 2068