Lot Essay
The present figure must be added to the small corpus of carvings known to be by this master carver. In addition to the famous figure holding a bowl, formerly in the Ginzberg collection (Gillon, 1979, fig.55), and the seated figure in the Malcolm collection (Robbins and Nooter, 1989, fig.344) there is the almost identical figure sold at Sotheby's New York on 21 November 1996 as lot 88. Amongst the characteristics of the carver's style are the upturned head with large eyes and the double braid above the ears.