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NYO GESSHO (ACTIF XVIIIE SIÈCLE)
* Boxwood netsuke Standing slightly swaying, his hair up in a high bun, wearing a huge straw sandal 'zori' on his back, which he holds with both hands. Signed Gessho on the back. Gessho (Active 18th Century) A wood netsuke of standing Nyo H. 9 cm Provenance : - Glendining's sale, Henri L. Joly collection, June 9, 1921, lot no. 785, sold for £42. - Former Trower Collection Reference: - Reproduced in Frederick Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p. 80 - Reproduced in Henri L. Joly & Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art & Handicraft, An illustrated record of the Loan exhibition held in aid of the British Red Cross in October-November 1915, Sawers - Valansot, London, 1976, n°42, plate XLVIII.
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