A Wood Netsuke

SIGNED KOSHU (EDO), EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)

细节

A Wood Netsuke
Signed Koshu (Edo), Edo Period (Mid-19th Century)
Katabori, okimono type, stained boxwood; a model of a seated workman polishing a large character, the motifs on his kimono incised and stained, the himotoshi formed by a hole in the base, signed with incised and stained characters Koshu
1¼ x 1 11/16in. (3.2 x 4.3cm.)

拍品专文

Davey lists one other carving by this artist, a figure of a man recorded by Brockhaus.¹

1 Neil K. Davey, Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection (London: Faber & Faber, 1974), no. 1268 (p. 486)