Lot Essay
A similar piece is illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read their Signatures, Vol. I, p. 670
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN OF TITLE
A STAINED IVORY OKIMONO STYLE NETSUKE of Ono no Komachi as an old woman resting on a sotoba holding on to a staff with her tattered hat over her shoulder, a flower basket beside her, signed Kosai, 19th century
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A STAINED IVORY OKIMONO STYLE NETSUKE of Ono no Komachi as an old woman resting on a sotoba holding on to a staff with her tattered hat over her shoulder, a flower basket beside her, signed Kosai, 19th century
5.2cm. wide
5.2cm. wide