Lot 617 D‡α

An ivory netsuke of a laughing Hotei. Around 1800

Seated pot-bellied and grabbing his fleshy breast, the head raised and looking upwards, the robe with Hidemasa-type engraved scrolls. Inscribed Shûraku in an irregular reserve, of triangular cross section.
Height 3.3 cm; length 5.1 cm