A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-1
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-2
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-3
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-4
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-5
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-6
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-7
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-8
A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-1A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-2A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-3A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-4A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-5A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-6A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-7A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century - image-8

Lot 409 Dα

A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 4.032 € (incl. premium)

A Ise-Yamada wood netsuke of a tanuki smothering a hunter by Masakazu. Second half 19th century

A tanuki pinning a hunter to the ground with his huge scrotum, the hunter looking up from under sack with an angry expression, the underside finely carved and showing the hunter's straw cap and rifle with a metal inlay at the stock. Chip and one foreleg of the tanuki restored.
Height 2.8 cm; width 3.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany