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
