Lot details Unsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Well-carved as Moso, one of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, who went into the woods in the middle of winter to look for bamboo shoots, a favorite dish of his ailing and dying mother. He is depicted here wearing a large straw raincoat and a straw hat covered in snow. In his right hand he holds two large bamboo shoots. Large, asymmetrical himotoshi through the back. The wood bearing a fine patina. HEIGHT 8 cm Condition: An old chip to the hat and the left hand lost. Otherwise good condition with typical wear. Very good patina. Provenance: Ex-collection Rene Vittoz (1904-1992). Literature comparison: For a closely related netsuke of Moso see Coullery, Marie-Therese and Newstead, Martin S. (1977) The Baur Collection, pp. 140-141, no. C 308. Another is in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Inventory Number OA 18.633.
Lot details Unsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Well-carved as Moso, one of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, who went into the woods in the middle of winter to look for bamboo shoots, a favorite dish of his ailing and dying mother. He is depicted here wearing a large straw raincoat and a straw hat covered in snow. In his right hand he holds two large bamboo shoots. Large, asymmetrical himotoshi through the back. The wood bearing a fine patina. HEIGHT 8 cm Condition: An old chip to the hat and the left hand lost. Otherwise good condition with typical wear. Very good patina. Provenance: Ex-collection Rene Vittoz (1904-1992). Literature comparison: For a closely related netsuke of Moso see Coullery, Marie-Therese and Newstead, Martin S. (1977) The Baur Collection, pp. 140-141, no. C 308. Another is in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Inventory Number OA 18.633.
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