Ivory netsuke of a seated ONI signed KOKU pouring drinks from DOUBLE GOURD Meiji 19th 

• 1900 
• Netsuke 
• Okimono netsuke 
• Netsuke 

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Figures and statuettes

Ivory netsuke of a seated ONI signed KOKU pouring drinks from DOUBLE GOURD Meiji 19th

1900

3.5 x 3.0 x 3.5 cm

An oni (Demon) sits like an child and pouring drinks from double gourd The oni has horns, a bristly beard and eyebrows, an all too human and realistically fleshy body that sprouts hairs on the chest, over the arms and clawed hands, the legs and the clawed feet, He is wearing bracelets. The back of this netsuke is a marvel of exceptional artistry, with the spine, the masterful texturing of the cloth Much attention is often given to refinements which nevertheless do nothing to alter one’s true character of ONI Himotoshi on the base and signed probably KOKU , 3,5 Cm High, 3,5 CM Long and 3cm Wide