Project Description

Wood Netsuke of a Boy Doing Bekkako by Meikeisai Hōjitsu (Edo, 1820-1873?)

A typical rendition of the subject, well carved.  The eye pupils are inlaid and the tongue is of coral

Signed

Height: 3.3 cm

Fuld records two variants, one wood and ivory, the other entirely ivory

MR5181