SOLD Stained Boxwood Netsuke of a Blind Masseur and Client by Jobun

**SOLD** Stained Boxwood Netsuke of a Blind Masseur and Client by Jobun2023-11-13T20:18:48+00:00

Stained Boxwood Netsuke of a Blind Masseur and Client by Jobun

The masseur working on the shoulders of his client, who sits cross-legged, beaming with satisfaction

Signed in kaisho. Edo. Circa 1800

Height: 3.7 cm

For an excellent account of Jobun and his work, see Milton Stratos, The Netsuke Carvings of Jobun, in INSJ, 22/1, pp. 14 -27

Literature:

Gabor Wilhelm’s review of the Yamato exhibition in Bulletin Association Franco-japonaise, n° 81, pp. 42-43, illustrated

Repeated in INSJ, 23/2, p. 51

Provenance:

Galerie Yamato, Paris, March 2003, no. 19, purchased by the present owner

MR3950