IMPORTANT NETSUKE OF CH訩AR?SENNIN WITH GOURD.
Japan. Late 18th/early 19th c.
Ivory with shiny; amber yellow patina. The figure might be stained a bit. Standing; dressed in a wide robe with leaf collar and apron. Knotted to his belt he has a
gourd; to which he points with his left hand. He has raised his right hand and holds a
short staff behind his neck. This staff once belonged to a fly whisk; from which probably
a part of the hair has broken off. Here was later very skilfully carved over with a leaf;
no patina is found here either. H.9.7cm. Sign.: Signed on the back: Nobukatsu. Condition B.
Provenance:
-German private collection.
-Acquired at Klefisch auction 28; lot 728.
-Sotheby's "Fine Netsuke Including Property from the Collection of Alan R. Liss" (publisher of the MCI); 2.9.1993; lot 113.
Art trade; Van Ham.
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Details
Creative#:
TOP28562912
Source:
達志影像
Authorization Type:
RM
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