Project Description
Prunus Wood Netsuke of Daruma, signed Hidemasa
The patriarch tightly enveloped in his robe, being bothered by a boy. The eyes are inlays of ivory with dark pupils, and one himotoshi is embellished with a fancy ivory ring
Signed. Circa 1880
Height: 4 cm
Provenance:
Sale of an anonymous collection, Sotheby’s London, 16th July 1973, lot 79, where purchased by the father of the seller
It should be noted that this is not by the well known Osaka artist Hidemasa. Registered under the de minimis rule governing the sale of ivory ref. RX6XSNY5
MR4956
