Project Description
Saishiki Cypress Wood Netsuke of Ryujin’s Attendant, style of Suzan, Yoshimura
Holding a vase from which protrudes a branch of coral
Unsigned
Height: 10.7 cm
Information:
A netsuke of the same design was sold at Bonhams London, 16th May 2013, lot 40. The model was also copied later by Tetsuro, usually with somewhat garish pigmentation (see Lazarnick’s Netsuke and Inro Artists …, p. 1095)
Provenance:
G.D. Björkman
Sagemonoya, Tokyo
Jacques Carré, bought from the last, 2016
MR3124
