An unusual ivory netsuke of a deformed man, probably a foreigner, holding a stick in one hand and placing his other hand on a drum with inlaid horn buttons. Next to the drum is a little monkey with inlaid eyes seated on a sack with a fan underneath, perhaps suggesting that it is Hotei’s treasure sack. Good and large himotoshi on the underside of the drum next to the signature MASAHARU.

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Subcategory:

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Subject:

Figural

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Mitsuharu

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

35mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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