Ending 25th Jul, 2024 12:01

Timed Two-Day Auction: Asian Art Storage Wars

 
Lot 62
 

62

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A DRUMMER BOY

Starting price
€50
Estimate
€100
 

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Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

The wood netsuke carved as a drummer boy, holding the drum in his left hand and with the other a drumstick, with a festive collar tied around his neck. The two large himotoshi at the back.

HEIGHT 7.3 cm

Condition:
Very good condition with minimal wear.
Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.

 

Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

The wood netsuke carved as a drummer boy, holding the drum in his left hand and with the other a drumstick, with a festive collar tied around his neck. The two large himotoshi at the back.

HEIGHT 7.3 cm

Condition:
Very good condition with minimal wear.
Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.

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Auction: Timed Two-Day Auction: Asian Art Storage Wars, ending 25th Jul, 2024

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