Hidemasa

Osaka, circa 1860

Hidemasa

A doleful Daruma looks out with an expression of simmering rage as he sits wrapped in his robes, which are lightly incised and stippled with a scrolling foliate design. The underside is hollowed to form an ashtray netsuke.

Signed within a wavy reserve: Hidemasa

Hidemasa

Height: 11.2cm

Provenance:
Carlo Monzino collection

Hidemasa