Auction 106
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Netsuke of "Tenaga" as acrobat, Meiji period (1868 - 1912), Japan, Size: H: 6 cm (H: 2.4 inch), ID: 3052559
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Auction 106

Netsuke of "Tenaga" as acrobat, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) ·  Japan · ID: 3052559

Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
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Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 6 cm
H: 2.4 inch

Description

wood,

The figure represents a “Tenaga”, a supernaturally long-armed human from Japanese mythology who often appears together with the long-legged “Ashinaga”.

Asia

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