19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 18 March 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 070
About this Item
An ivory netsuke of an Oni, 19th century
the kneeling figure with three drums on its back, holding chopsticks in its right hand and a bowl of mochi in its left, enticing an Inari fox to eat the rice on a straw mat, the fox partly out of its abode, signed, 3 cm high; and another, 19th century, its left hand clenched before its face, its right hand resting on a drum, its crossed legs forming the himotoshi, 3,5 cm high (2)
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