Rare Early Wood Netsuke of Kappa by Ensai
Seated on the ground holding one hand to its head
Signed. Circa 1800
Height: 4 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney, Australia
Fuld lists only 8 netsuke by the artist, several of which may be duplicates. One of them is the Carré netsuke of Rokusuke capturing a kappa, physiognomically similar to this one (Eskenazi catalogue, no. 86). The same catalogue illustrates another of the 8 known Ensai, a Tamamo no Mae (cat. no. 100)
MR5384
