Lot Essay
The wrestler strains with himself for the throw.
Details
SELF-WRESTLER
Wood, signed Sosui [Ouchi Sosui]
(1907-1972)
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, in a fitted wood box inscribed hitori zumo kibori netsuke "carved wood netsuke of a person wrestling himself", signed Sosui and sealed
Wood, signed Sosui [Ouchi Sosui]
(1907-1972)
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, in a fitted wood box inscribed hitori zumo kibori netsuke "carved wood netsuke of a person wrestling himself", signed Sosui and sealed
Literature
The Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society, Vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1973, illustrated in color on back cover