THREE JAPANESE WOODEN NETSUKES, 18TH CENTURY THREE JAPANESE WOODEN NETSUKES, 18TH CENTURY

THREE JAPANESE WOODEN NETSUKES, 18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART2001492
  • Boxwood wooden netsuke of a man holding paulonia-leaves in one of his hands and a brush in the other hand. During the Tanabata festival people write poems on leaves which they let float in a river, signed: Shūzan 周山 (Yoshimura Shūzan 吉村周山, c. 1700 – 1776)
  • Boxwood wooden netsuke depicting the Chinese Immortal Tōbōsaku (Dongfang Shuo) holding in his hands the stolen peach of long livety, signed: Shūzan 周山
  • Wooden netsuke of an old mans face, unsigned.