NETSUKE: OKAME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Japan. Edo Period. 19th c.

Ivory with slightly colored; engraved details. With a sweeping gesture and mischievous smile she throws the beans at New Year while two tiny oni look for shelter from the painful bullets under her courtly garment H.4.7cm. Sign.: Shuosai. Condition A/B.

Provenance:
-Private collection Southern Germany.

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Art trade; Van Ham.