Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin

Wood Netsuke of Gama Sennin

Reference: ART20081

Anonymous Artist

Standing in classic pose with one foot raised and touching his staff which terminates at the top like a thigh bone. He cups his chin in one hand beneath his beard Circa 1800

This is by the same hand as another Gama Sennin, formerly in the Rino Tamanini collection, illustrated in the catalogue of La Galliavola, Milan, no. 27, where the composition is reversed