GYOKUZAN: A WOOD NETSUKE OF HANASAKA JIJI
By Gyokuzan, signed Gyokuzan
Japan, 19th century
A wood netsuke of Hanasaka-jiji sitting on his resurrected tree stump, in his hands a basket of ashes with which he uses to revive the dead trees, here shown by the ivory inlaid flowers on the tree trunk. The underside shows the himotoshi, the smaller ringed in green-stained ivory and the signature inlaid in ivory GYOKUZAN.
HEIGHT 3.8 cm
Condition: Very good condition.
Provenance: British collection.