A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO OR MEIJI

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Modelled as a boy resting on a large drum, the child depicted wearing a simple apron decorated with scrolls, the sides of the drum carved to suggest the wood grain, the surface with a deep lustrous patina, signed Hokuhide / Hokushu underneath, 4cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.