Japan. Edo period. 18th c. Saishiki-figure of a female ghost emerging from darting flames, holding a long strand of hair in her bony right hand. Boxwood, finely carved and engraved, with vestiges of red and green lacquer in the folds of the robe. H.6,9cm. Condition A.
Provenance: -Isobel Sharpe Collection. -J.A. Fairley Collection, no 900. -Hindson Collection, no 1293, Auction VII, June 23rd 1969.
Literature: -Illustrated in an article by M.T.Hindson in The Connoisseur, April 1955. -Cologne 2017 MOA, for the 2017 Netsuke Convention, Cat. no. 96.