70 - Japan, 19th–early 20th century

Japan, 19th–early 20th century Wooden netsuke depicting a female deity (probably Benzaiten) with a high bun, adorned with earrings and a necklace, reclining on a lotus leaf; the reverse carved with the veins of the leaf and its curved stem; incised signature highlighted with gold beneath the base. H 4 cm.