Lot Essay
A Kyoto School artist, his signature and other examples are illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, Vol. 1, pp. 715-6
SIGNED MASAMORI, 18TH CENTURY
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AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A LAUGHING HOTEI
Signed Masamori, 18th Century
Carrying a karako on his back and holding a drum with a drumstick in his right hand, (some age cracks)
7cm. high
Signed Masamori, 18th Century
Carrying a karako on his back and holding a drum with a drumstick in his right hand, (some age cracks)
7cm. high