Project Description
Exceptional Wood Netsuke of Oni Yarai
Largely carved from a dark hard wood (rosewood), but with tiger striped shorts in a lighter wood, two horns and possibly a fang inlays of ivory, one eye and four bangles of buffalo horn
Signed with a single unread kanji. Circa 1830
Length: 4 cm
While the subject is a Nagoya one, the execution is reminiscent of Hasegawa Ikko
Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, acquired by the grandmother of the present owner, October 1933
MR4993
