Lot Essay
Another netsuke of the same subject is illustrated in Netsuke - The Netsuke Collection of the Peabody Museum, (Salem, Mass., 1980).
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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An Ivory Netsuke
Edo Period (18th Century)
Of a tall standing figure of Tobosaku holding a peach and grimacing, with his hand to his ear, inside the hollowed out peach is carved another figure of Tobosaku reading from a handscroll
Edo Period (18th Century)
Of a tall standing figure of Tobosaku holding a peach and grimacing, with his hand to his ear, inside the hollowed out peach is carved another figure of Tobosaku reading from a handscroll
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Both feet have been possibly remodelled and restuck.