A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A FOREIGNER

£1,000 - £1,500 £850

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A FOREIGNER
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Probably a Dutchman, depicted standing and holding a trumpet in one hand, with a small karako clambering upon his back; the man is depicted smiling, with curly hair and wearing a long tunic with a pleated collar over trousers, 7.7cm.

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.