Project Description
Tall Wood Netsuke of a Hirsute Dutch Drummer
A humorous depiction of this exotic foreigner, the curls of his wig hidden under his curious hat, distinctly odd pectoral muscles over folds of flesh, and below them a pot belly, the whole body incised to represent that of a hairy foreigner. He wears only a skirt and holds his drum behind him
Unsigned. Circa 1800
Height: 13.6 cm
MR5154
