An unusual and small lacquered wood netsuke o ...

An unusual and small lacquered wood netsuke of Okame. 19th century

Seated and crouched forward, the hands placed to both sides of the obi tied in front. The face of natural wood, the openings of the himotôshi lined with green-stained bone. Provenance

A gift from Emil Damm, Munich, 1956, the first netsuke of the Papp collection called “Stehaufmandel”

Coll. no. 619 (printed and handwritten)