CARVED BOXWOOD OKIMONO OF A LAUNDRESS
MEIJI PERIOD, BY MASANORI KAWAKITA (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)
£504
Auction: 12 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
明治 正則川北款 木雕洗衣婦置物
depicting a lady crouching on one knee holding a washing bat in raised right hand, left hand holding a cloth hanging before her legs, the base signed ‘Masanori Kawakita’ within a square panel
Dimensions
12.6cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
Footnote
A comparable boxwood figure of a seated man, by Masanori, Meiji, late 19th/early 20th century, note the demure of the face and details of the hair, was sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 122; Also see a netsuke in the form of a man making a mat, also by the same artist, is in Ashmolean Museum, accession no. EA1956.1729.