Lot 48*
A boxwood netsuke of a baku Early 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £67,250 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA boxwood netsuke of a baku
Early 19th century
Striding forward, its lowered head turned back to the right and one hind leg extended to the rear, its erect tail passing forward over the back and joined to the curly mane, the wood is slightly worn and bears a good patina, unsigned. 5.4cm (2 1/8in).
Striding forward, its lowered head turned back to the right and one hind leg extended to the rear, its erect tail passing forward over the back and joined to the curly mane, the wood is slightly worn and bears a good patina, unsigned. 5.4cm (2 1/8in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 獏 無銘 19世紀前期
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.18, no.30.
The model is very similar to the sculpture of an elephant or baku carved beneath the eaves of the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, which in turn was copied from drawings by Kano Tanyu (1602-1674).
Other examples of this rare model are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the Museé d'Ennery, Paris.
