Lot Essay
Bungyo netsuke are rare. His use of coral suggests the seaside cave where Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, meditates.
Details
KANNON SEATED ON A ROCK
Carved coral, signed Bungyo
(fl. mid 19th Century)
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) high
Carved coral, signed Bungyo
(fl. mid 19th Century)
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) high
Literature
George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, Reed Publishers, Honolulu, p. 311, illustration reversed; Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975, fig. 83