Lot Essay
This netsuke depicts an overworked temple servant struggling to haul a bronze bell.
Details
TEMPLE SERVANT HAULING A BELL
Wood, signed Gyokuso
(1879-1944)
1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) long
Wood, signed Gyokuso
(1879-1944)
1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) long
Provenance
Adolph Kroch
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York, 1975, fig. 755