An amusing Edo school ivory netsuke of three ...

An amusing Edo school ivory netsuke of three oni at setsubun, by Gyokkôsai. Mid-19th century

Falling over each other as they flee from the excorcising shower of beans, each with two or one horn. The beans of brass (one replaced). Signed Gyokkôsai in an oval reserve.

Height 3.4 cm Provenance

Purchased from Alexander Pollmer, Munich, July 1991

Coll. no. 444 (handwritten)