A fine Edo school boxwood netsuke of Fukurokuju with a minogame, by Ryûkei. Early/mid-19th century - image-1

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A fine Edo school boxwood netsuke of Fukurokuju with a minogame, by Ryûkei. Early/mid-19th century

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A fine Edo school boxwood netsuke of Fukurokuju with a minogame, by Ryûkei. Early/mid-19th century

Standing with mouth open, and wearing flowing robes, ornate shoes and a long cloth draped on his high pate, he carries a minogame that holds on to the god’s robes. Signed Ryûkei.
Height 5.6 cm

Compare an almost identical netsuke sold by F. Meinertzhagen to Alfred Baur in 1935 (ill. in: MCI, p. 674 and Coullery and Newstead 1977, C 83)