λ A JAPANESE LACQUER AND IVORY NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Depicting an actor wearing a long red wig and...

λ A JAPANESE LACQUER AND IVORY NETSUKE

19TH CENTURY

Depicting an actor wearing a long red wig and a dragon mask, the eyes inlaid in horn, his leg signed Jugyoku in an oblong reserve, 4.1cm.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.275, where a comparable netsuke of an actor by Jugyoku is illustrated.