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Lot 1907

TWO BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A BLIND MAN LIFTING A STONE

Estimated Value:

400 € - 600 €

Schätzpreis:

300 €

Description:

Japan, the smaller one signed Ryûmin, mid-19th ct.
H. 3,7 cm und 3,5 cm
Both blind men wearing only a fundoshi and lifting a very large stone, the blind eyes and the visible teeth of bone, as well as the signature tablet.
From an old German private collection, collected in the 1970s and 80s