Flemish or Dutch Soft Wood Putto Adapted as a Netsuke
The himotoshi inserted into the lower back and left buttock
Unsigned. The carving circa 1700
Height: 13.5 cm
Provenance:
H.G. Beasley
Sold in his sale at Sotheby’s London, 14th March 1984, lot 161
Anonymous sale, Klefisch, Cologne, 27th November 1999, lot 234
Guy de Lasteyrie
Sold at his sale, Bonhams Paris, 14th June 2023, lot 20
Literature:
Exhibition catalogue, ‘Contrasting Styles’, London 1980, p. 56, no. 119
INSJ, 20/1, p. 24, mentioned and illustrated in a review of the Klefisch sale
MR5349
