**SOLD** Wood Netsuke of a Standing Tengu, Attributed to Naito Toyomasa (Tamba, 1773-1856)

Wood Netsuke of a Standing Tengu, Attributed to Naito Toyomasa (Tamba, 1773-1856)

With its wings wrapped around it in the manner of a coat, its talons holding them closed. The tokin on its head and the eye pupils are inlays of dark buffalo horn

Unsigned. Circa 1820

Height: 6.1 cm

Provenance: Gabor Wilhelm, Paris

Exhibited:

Japanese Embassy, London, 2013, no. 99; illustrated in R. Bandini’s catalogue ‘In a Nutshell’, p. 57

Compare with a lightly clothed version, formerly in the Kurstin and Szechenyi collections, sold by Bonhams London, 8th November 2011, lot 59

MR5302