Project Description
Ivory netsuke of a mounted scholar, by Yoshinaga
Seated on his horse, holding a scroll and looking back. The left eye of the horse inlaid in dark horn
Signed in red inked characters: Yoshinaga. Kyoto, circa 1800
Height: 8.1 cm
Provenance:
Virginia Atchley, Mandeville Canyon CA
Information:
The figure is reminiscent of Yoshitomo’s Kinko on carp. Compare with a mounted figure by Yoshitomo, illustrated in the ‘Meinertzhagen Card Index’, p. 996
MR2633
