AN IVORY NETSUKE

UNSIGNED (OSAKA OR KYOTO), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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AN IVORY NETSUKE
Unsigned (Osaka or Kyoto), Edo Period (19th Century)
Of a standing sennin holding a peach in his left hand while a grinning karako looks up him and grasps his right hand, katabori, ivory, with dark staining and good patination
2.7/8in. (7.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

The sennin depicted in this netsuke may be intended to represent Tobosaku (in Chinese, Dongfangshuo) who stole peaches from the Garden of Immortality, a paradise in the Kunlun region of Central Asia watched over by Seiobo (Xiwangmu) the Royal Mother of the West.

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