A very finely carved depiction of an Oiran, a courtesan and prostitute, wearing a long garment and long hair flowing far down her back. The light-green stained garment is decorated with large blossoms, some of which are inlaid in lacquer and horn. Beside her is a girl carrying a vanity box with both hands. She is a Kamuro, a child attendant or a kind of ‘apprentice’. Small himotoshi set with horn in the back of the Oiran, signed GYOKUZAN on the underside on a small lacquered plate.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Figural Daily Life

Material:

Ivory Lacquer Shibayama

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Gyokuzan

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Tall figural

Height:

50mm mm

Width:

mm mm

Depth:

mm mm

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