A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MAN WITH SCROLL, C. 1800 TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Wood netsukeJapan, c. 1800 to early 19th centuryA man dressed in Chinese style and holding up a scroll, probably the poet recluse Kanzan from Cold Mountain. Usually Kanzan is depicted together with his companion Shide, who was an assistant at the temple on Cold Mountain, with Kanzan reading to Shide from a scroll. Black-stained wood, large himotoshi on the reverse.Dimensions: HEIGHT 6.3 CMCondition: Good conditionProvenance: Austrian private collection