18TH CENTURY
Details
Two ivory netsuke
18th Century
Hotei standing and revealing his bare chest with a karako seated on his shoulders, with signature Masamitsu, chip; and of a sennin with a long beard, standing and unrolling a scroll
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) and 2½in. (6.3cm.) high (2)
18th Century
Hotei standing and revealing his bare chest with a karako seated on his shoulders, with signature Masamitsu, chip; and of a sennin with a long beard, standing and unrolling a scroll
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) and 2½in. (6.3cm.) high (2)
Literature
For a similar piece by the same artist of the first netsuke, see Lazarnick, G. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and how to read their signatures (Reed Publisher, Honolulu, 1982), p. 714.