Japan. Edo period. Ca. 1800. Ivory, finely carved and engraved, slightly accentuated through coloring with beautiful, shiny, golden-yellow patina. The Sennin, also called Kozen, the bundle of brushwood on his shoulder, holding a rope with both hands. He is wearing the characteristic, belted robe with a leaf collar, his head turned sideways. Height 8.5cm. Condition A/B. Age cracks.
Provenance: -Collection Karl M. Schwarz, ill. Netsuke Subjects, 1992, no. 69.
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