A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century - image-1
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A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century - image-1A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century - image-2A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century - image-3A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century - image-4A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century - image-5

Lot 399 Dα

A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.400 € - 2.800 €
Result: 5.670 € (incl. premium)
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A powerful boxwood netsuke of Busho and a tiger. 18/early 19th century

The warrior, one of the heros in the Chinese novel "Suikoden" subdueing a tiger without using his sword by grabbing the tiger's paw and holding down the animal with his knee and bare hand.
Height 4.4 cm; width 4.9 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Europe