Project Description

Wood Netsuke of Fukurokuju, Circle of Tsuji Gisaburo

Standing with his hands hidden in his voluminous sleeves, a small boy with a fan hiding behind his exaggerated cranium

Unsigned Circa 1780

Height: 7.6 cm 

Provenance:

W.L. Behrens collection, sold at his sale 1st December 1913, probably as lot 240a (not illustrated in the catalogue)

Albert Brockhaus collection, acquired the following year 

MR3480