Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of the Warrior Kusonoki Masashige (1294- 1336)
Standing in full armour holding a war fan, a box at his feet and his son Masatsura kneeling alongside holding his tachi
Signed: Shounsai
Height: 5.1 cm
Provenance:
W.L. Behrens collection (Joly catalogue, no. 1178, illustrated on plate XIX)
W.W.Winkworth
Mark T. Hindson, London, sold Sotheby’s London, 23rd June 1969, Hindson Part VII, lot 1171, bought by
Jacques Carré
MR3100