Japanese Art II - 23rd May 2023
Lot 217
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO OR MEIJI
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £220
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Description
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.