Project Description
Wood netsuke of a monkey by Naito Toyomasa
Sitting on one buttock and scratching the other. Horn eyes typical of the artist and his followers. Natural himotoshi
Signed. Tamba. Circa 1840
Height: 3.9 cm
Provenance:
Private European collection
René Scholten, 2001
Scholten Japanese Art, 2008
Sydney L. Moss, 2009, where purchased by the present owner
MR4000
