Lot no. 5
5. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT CHINNAN SENNIN AVEC UN DRAGON DANS UN BOL
Fin du XVIIIe/début XIXe siècle
A WOOD NETSUKE OF CHINNAN SENNIN WITH A DRAGON EMERGING FROM A BOWL
Late 18th/early 19th century
Chinnan Sennin standing with his shoulders slightly hunched, his right hand running through his long hair, his left hand holding an alms bowl from which a tiny coiled dragon emerges, the eyes double inlaid; unsigned. 9cm (3½in) high.
木彫根付 陳楠仙人に椀入り竜 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Provenance:
Georges Weil Collection.
An American private collection.
Purchased at Christie's, Paris, 21 December 2009, lot 46.
Published:
Hurtig, MNA, p.201, no.841.
Sydney L. Moss, MTHE, no. 11.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Asian Art
About the sale06/14/2023
Catalog
Mythes, Malice et Magie La collection de netsuke et sagemono de Guy de Lasteyrie
75008 Paris - France