Lot Essay
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Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, (Tokyo and New York, 1973), p. 110
For another figure of a skeleton seated in the burial position see The Betty Jahss Collection of Netsuke: Part I, Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1991, lot 129. The catalogue cites another example in Raymond Bushell, adaptor, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi (Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1961), no. 64.
Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, (Tokyo and New York, 1973), p. 110
For another figure of a skeleton seated in the burial position see The Betty Jahss Collection of Netsuke: Part I, Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1991, lot 129. The catalogue cites another example in Raymond Bushell, adaptor, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi (Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1961), no. 64.