This netsuke shows a temple servant, dressed in flowing robes and wearing an eboshi, who has fallen asleep seated on a rolled-up umbrella, with a blissfully dreaming face with fine features. Good and large himotoshi through the side and underside. The ivory of a good color with a fine patina.

Category:

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Subcategory:

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Subject:

Figural

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

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Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Katabori

Height:

mm

Width:

62mm mm

Depth:

mm

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