Lot 32 Dα

A large and amusing Kyoto school ivory netsuke of Hotei. 18th century

The triangular piece is carved in th shape of a seated bare-bellied Hotei with huge earlobes and chin pushed up, in front of him a small karako with large tweezers pulling out hair from Hotei’s sprouting beard. The hair tufts of black horn.
Height 4.4 cm; width 5.5 cm