Japan. Edo period. 19th c. Bowl ivory with beautiful, shiny, golden-yellow patina, disc iron with gold inlay. In Takabori the half-portrait of the meditating Daruma, wrapped in his robe. The lid-less eyes inlaid gold, as well as the earring of the Zen patriarch. ? 4.2cm. Signed: Minfuku & Kakihan. Condition B. Traces of rust on the plate and bowl.
Provenance: -Collection Raymond Bushell, depicted in Netsuke Familiar & Unfamiliar, 1975, p. 132, ill. 226.
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