* Boxwood netsuke
Standing slightly swaying, his hair up in a high bun, wearing a huge straw sandal 'zori' on his back, which he holds with both hands. Signed Gessho on the back.
Gessho (Active 18th Century)
A wood netsuke of standing Nyo
H. 9 cm
Provenance :
- Glendining's sale, Henri L. Joly collection, June 9, 1921, lot no. 785, sold for £42.
- Former Trower Collection
Reference:
- Reproduced in Frederick Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p. 80
- Reproduced in Henri L. Joly & Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art & Handicraft, An illustrated record of the Loan exhibition held in aid of the British Red Cross in October-November 1915, Sawers - Valansot, London, 1976, n°42, plate XLVIII.
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