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Lot 379 Dα

A large boxwood netsuke of oni no senbei. 18th/19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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A large boxwood netsuke of oni no senbei. 18th/19th century

Standing with a long kanabo and biting into a rice cracker (senbei), he wears a loin cloth and tiger skin apron and garters of tiger skin. The eyes pupils of black horn. Chip to one claw and a few traces of old wear with good patina. Inside the himotōshi paper label with printed collector's number.
Height 8.5 cm

This rare depiction is intended to show that even a ferocious oni, who knows how to handle an iron club, has a childlike heart and enjoys a simple senbei.

Provenance

Old German Private collection