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253 A finely carved ivory netsuke of a 254 A large Kyoto school ivory netsuke 255 A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of
Chinnan Sennin. Late 18th century of Gama Sennin. Second half 18th Hotei with a karako. Around 1800
century
Standing on one leg, with a wide grin Standing upright with a stiff fan
on his face, holding up an alms bowl Standing on one foot, the other leg in his right hand and supporting a
on his left shoulder. The bowl’s top raised, the sennin supports a huge karako on his back. Hotei’s garment
carved with a swirl possibly sym- three-legged toad on his shoulder, his crosshatched and stained with black
bolising a dragon inside. A few age robes engraved with a cloud pattern. ink for effect.
cracks. The eye pupils of the toad of brow- Height 6.7 cm
Height 7.5 cm nish-black horn.
Height 8.9 cm Provenance
€ 700 – 900 Christie’s, Amsterdam, 28.9.2000
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 17.5.2007, lot 799 € 800 – 1.200

€ 900 – 1.200

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