Lot Essay
This netsuke is based on the doll-form toy, the Hachiman tumbler, of the Kanazawa region.
Details
TOY DOLL
Black and colored lacquer, unsigned
19th Century
1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) high
Black and colored lacquer, unsigned
19th Century
1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) high
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975, fig. 118