A FINE TOKYO SCHOOL IVORY NETSUKE OF A MAN SCRATCHING HIS BACK BY TOMOYUKI
Ivory netsuke with inlaysJapan, Tokyolate 19th centuryA very finely executed study of a man seated with half-crossed legs, scratching his back with a long-handled backscratcher. The lively facial features are a sign of the comfortable feeling he is experiencing. The tiniest details are executed with great precision, like the miniscule pipe with silver bowl, the fingers holding it and the minute pattern on the green garment. A coral netsuke on the belt on the reverse with a tobacco pouch beside the horn-ringed himotoshi. Signed on inlaid mother-of-pearl TOMOYUKI, a successor of Tomochika in Tokyo.HEIGHT 4.3 CMCondition: Very good conditionProvenance: French private collection