Project Description

Wood mask netsuke of Oto, by Gyokko

Pale boxwood

Signed: Gyokko. Circa 1850-70

4.4cm high

Provenance:

Peter E. Müller, Küsnacht

Literature:

Max Rutherston, “Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller”, privately printed,  2017, no. 104

Information:

A relatively rare artist with distinctive signature, his works almost always of high quality.

MR2437