Japanese Antique Wood Netsuke Tanuki Giant Scrotum Signed Ex Jury Kolodotschko
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Type: Katabori Netsuke
Material: Wood
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Japan, large signature below himotoshi on the side of the balls
Size: 3.7" tall (9.4 cm)
Weight: 1.6 oz (46 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Collection Jury Kolodotschko
Collected: Galerie Zacke Vienna, Asian Art Discoveries Day 1 - Japanese Art, January 21, 2021
Vienna, Austria, Lot 253: TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF MYTHICAL CREATURES. In printed catelogue. Ex-collection Jury Kolodotschko.
Condition: Fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. With several vertical age cracks on the himotoshi side of the testicles. Surface wear. Netsuke has a waxy feel, the previous owner Jury Kolodotschko apparently had a tendency to coat their netsuke with camellia oil.
Subject: An amusing netsuke of a tanuki (raccoon dog yokai) with an elongated scrotum more than twice its size, signed to one side of the scrotum. Tanuki were considered the most skillful shapeshifters of Japanese magical animals (ahead of foxes (kitsune) and cats (neko)) and were famous for their large balls.
Location:
Japanese Antique Wood Netsuke Tanuki Giant Scrotum Signed Ex Jury Kolodotschko
Type: Katabori Netsuke
Material: Wood
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Japan, large signature below himotoshi on the side of the balls
Size: 3.7" tall (9.4 cm)
Weight: 1.6 oz (46 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Collection Jury Kolodotschko
Collected: Galerie Zacke Vienna, Asian Art Discoveries Day 1 - Japanese Art, January 21, 2021
Vienna, Austria, Lot 253: TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF MYTHICAL CREATURES. In printed catelogue. Ex-collection Jury Kolodotschko.
Condition: Fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. With several vertical age cracks on the himotoshi side of the testicles. Surface wear. Netsuke has a waxy feel, the previous owner Jury Kolodotschko apparently had a tendency to coat their netsuke with camellia oil.
Subject: An amusing netsuke of a tanuki (raccoon dog yokai) with an elongated scrotum more than twice its size, signed to one side of the scrotum. Tanuki were considered the most skillful shapeshifters of Japanese magical animals (ahead of foxes (kitsune) and cats (neko)) and were famous for their large balls.
Location:
Japanese Antique Wood Netsuke Tanuki Giant Scrotum Signed Ex Jury Kolodotschko
