Project Description

Tall Wood Netsuke of a Dutchman with his Dog by Hasegawa Ikko

The hirsute foreigner dressed in elaborate Chinese garb with a Chinese sword slung behind him. In his two hands he holds the long leash of the small dog seated at his feet. Chimney himotoshi

Signed. Circa 1820

Height: 11.2 cm

Provenance:

Barry Davies Oriental Art, London

Anonymous sale, Christie’s Amsterdam, 28th September 2000, lot 112

Literature:

Barry Davies Oriental Art, Chicago Netsuke Convention catalogue, 1999, no. 13 

Idem, Boston Netsuke Convention catalogue, 2001, p. 7

Galerie Gemini and Ichimonji Art, 2004, no. 177

MR4706