Japan. Meiji period. Late 19th c. Ivory. The Chinese soldier Goki trying to push his wife's ghost back into the grave. To prove his loyalty to China, he killed her because she was Japanese. Height 5.1cm. Signed: Shokyokuken, redened, cf. Ueda Reikichi: The Netsuke Handbook, p. 52, ill. 56. Condition A/B.
Provenance: -Collection Bushell.
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