Project Description
Small Bone Netsuke of a Toper by Juhosai Tsunemasa
Seated, balancing a sakazuki on his knee and touching his head, perhaps because it is hurting. His kimono has slipped off one shoulder
Signed on a sleeve
Height:3.2 cm
For more information about this relatively obscure carver, see Jiri M. Mestecky, ‘The Enigmatic Tsunemasa’ in INSJ, 35/2 pp. 22-37, in which a similar netsuke is illustrated
£450
MR5050
