A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER WOOD NETSUKE OF HANNYA

A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER WOOD NETSUKE OF HANNYA
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Boldly carved, the surface covered in gold, silver and red lacquer; the witch depicted with her mouth open revealing her bright red tongue, the reverse carved as a knotted ribbon and with a paper collection label with a monogram, possibly for 'WMS', 6cm.

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from Eskenazi Oriental Art, London, 1986. A copy of the original receipt is available.