Project Description
Rare Boxwood Netsuke of a Fox Priest by Matsuda Sukenaga
Dressed in a long robe and cowl, standing holding its tail whilst in the midst of its transformation from fox to human
Signed. Hida Takayama. Circa 1860
Height: 4.8 cm
Provenance:
W.L. Behrens, no. 421 in Joly’s catalogue
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1983
Julius and Arlette Katchen, Paris, sold in the second sale, Bonhams London, 10th May 1917, lot 22
Literature:
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., ‘Zodiac Beasts, Distant Cousins’, 1993, no. 68
MR3344
