Project Description
Boxwood Netsuke of a Boy Trapping a Butterfly by Hoshunsai Masayuki
The boy squashing the insect beneath an uchiwa fan, an evil grin on his face
Signed Masayuki with kaō. Tokyo. Circa 1880
Length: 4.1 cm
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s London, November 1994
MR4744
