Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of Seiobo
Carrying a long handled basket of foliage and holding a spray of flowers to her shoulder. A small child nestles against her leg. Her hair is dressed in an ornate high chignon and her robes are elaborately decorated with scrolling flowers and edged with a scalloped border to the hem and sleeves. The boy wears a long coat over baggy trousers. the ivory has a good rich colour
Unsigned. Circa 1820
Height: 8.3 cm
Provenance:
Sheila Baker collection
Literature:
Rutherston & Bandini, The Sheila M. Baker Collection of Japanese Netsuke and Inro, 2011, no. 9
MR3554
