A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century - image-1
A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century - image-2
A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century - image-3
A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century - image-1A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century - image-2A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century - image-3

Lot 406 Dα

A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 4.032 € (incl. premium)

A three-case boxwood inrô. 19th century

Carved to one side with a kappa running up a shore and holding on the trunk of a withered tree in order to avoid being pulled into the river by a large clam holding fast to his fundoshi. Signed Shôzan tô. Black lacquer to the inside. Coral-coloured ojime. Boxwood netsuke of a large clam with a rowboat and a palace landscape in anabori. Signed Shôminsai tô.
Height 6.3 cm; width 5.4 cm

Provenance

Collection of a German diplomat