A fine ivory netsuke of a fisherman with curly hair, possibly an islander, seated in a boat and laughing. What looks like the sail of the boat from the front, turns out to be a kakemono scroll which he is holding up, precisely crafted and with the character of heaven ‘painted’ in the front; the roller ends are inlaid in green-stained ivory. The side of the boat is inlaid with mother of pearl and horn and engraved with elaborate patterns. The underside with small himotoshi and the signature incised on a red-lacquer tablet KUSAN – a student of Gyokuzan from the Tokyo school.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Daily Life

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Kusan

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

41mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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