Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of Moso in a Bamboo Grove
The bamboo forming a snow covered canopy over his head as he blows on a hand to warm it and tugs at a bamboo shoot with the other
Unsigned. Circa 1800
Height: 6.8 cm
Provenance:
V.-F. Weber, Guest, W.W.Winkworth, D. Bess, C.A Greenfield collections
Bought from the last by Jacques Carré, 1979
Information:
This belongs to a distinctive group of netsuke of the same overall design by either one carver or a workshop
MR3104