λ A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF ONO NO KOMACHI

λ A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF ONO NO KOMACHI

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

the poetess depicted as an elderly woman resting on a decaying post, her straw hat and woven basket by her side, a paper collection label to the back reading 'G 929'

6cm

Provenance

Formerly the collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, D.L., M.P. for Bedford (1879-1957) of Felmersham Grange, Bedfordshire, and thence by descent.