**SOLD** Wood Netsuke of Two Crabs, by Ryusansai Issan

Provenance:

Thought to have been in a sale at Hôtel  Drouot, 22nd February 1932

Daniel Rouvière, sold in his sale, Drouot, 15th November 1991, lot 43

Since in a European collection

Fuld mistakenly lists this netsuke as by Hidari Issan, an admirable but different carver. Ryusansai Issan was a far less prolific, though equally talented, netsukeshi, credited by Fuld with a repertoire of some 30 netsuke.  Given my previous comment, one must assume that he carved a few more than that. Where he lived and worked is unclear, though Iwashiro and Gifu have been suggested

Located in Europe