Project Description
Boxwood Netsuke of Kiyohime by Shuosai
Less squat than the classic Minko design, the transformed Kiyohime taunting the terrified Anchin with her tongue. The knop of the bell turns to show the young priest’s face transforming from normal to sickly to a skull. All four faces of ivory
Signed. Circa 1900
Height: 4.7 cm
Provenance:
Old English collection
Registered for sale under the de minimis rule governing ivory ref. 6CBJSGVJ
MR5211
