21st Nov, 2018 10:00

European and Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 136
 

136

~IVORY NETSUKE OF A BOY HOLDING A MASK OF HYOTTOKO

ËœIVORY NETSUKE OF A BOY HOLDING A MASK OF HYOTTOKO, CIRCA 1870 signed: Tomomasa 3.9cm high Literature: Edmund de Waal, 'The Hare with Amber Eyes', Illustrated Edition, 2011, illustrated on the inside of the front cover Provenance: The Netsuke Collection of Charles Ephrussi (1849-1905), acquired 1870s, Hotel Ephrussi, Rue de Monceau, Paris; a wedding gift in 1898 to his cousin Ritter Viktor von Ephrussi (1860-1945) and Baroness Emilie (Emmy) Schey von Koromla (1879-1938), Palais Ephrussi, Ringstrasse, Vienna; retrieved post-war from their hiding place by their daughter Elizabeth de Waal (1899-1991); given by her to her brother Ignaz (Iggie) Ephrussi (1906-1994), Tokyo; bequeathed by him to his great-nephew Edmund de Waal (born 1964), London, the collection featured in his memoir 'The Hare With Amber Eyes'. Auction proceeds to be donated to The Refugee Council.

Sold for £3,100


 
ËœIVORY NETSUKE OF A BOY HOLDING A MASK OF HYOTTOKO, CIRCA 1870 signed: Tomomasa 3.9cm high Literature: Edmund de Waal, 'The Hare with Amber Eyes', Illustrated Edition, 2011, illustrated on the inside of the front cover Provenance: The Netsuke Collection of Charles Ephrussi (1849-1905), acquired 1870s, Hotel Ephrussi, Rue de Monceau, Paris; a wedding gift in 1898 to his cousin Ritter Viktor von Ephrussi (1860-1945) and Baroness Emilie (Emmy) Schey von Koromla (1879-1938), Palais Ephrussi, Ringstrasse, Vienna; retrieved post-war from their hiding place by their daughter Elizabeth de Waal (1899-1991); given by her to her brother Ignaz (Iggie) Ephrussi (1906-1994), Tokyo; bequeathed by him to his great-nephew Edmund de Waal (born 1964), London, the collection featured in his memoir 'The Hare With Amber Eyes'. Auction proceeds to be donated to The Refugee Council.