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Lot 388 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a mother and child. 19th century

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
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A boxwood netsuke of a mother and child. 19th century

The woman with a chubby face and looking like an okame sits grabbing a suribachi and holding the thick end of the surikogi to her lips in an explicit erotic manner, while the little boy at her back tries to climb over her obi. Signed Hidemasa in an irregular cartouche.
Height 3.2 cm

Provenance

Estate, Rhineland-Palatinate