An Ise-Yamada school boxwood netsuke of Daikoku tying up a thief, by Masanao. Second half 19th century - image-1

Lot 729 Dα

An Ise-Yamada school boxwood netsuke of Daikoku tying up a thief, by Masanao. Second half 19th century

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An Ise-Yamada school boxwood netsuke of Daikoku tying up a thief, by Masanao. Second half 19th century

Daikoku crouches over a captured thief lying prostate in a tattered robe and binding the man’s hands behind his back, the mallet inserted into the belt. Signed Masanao.
Height 3.2 cm

This motif might also be interpreted as wealth (Daikoku) defeating poverty.

Provenienz

Bonhams, London, 12.5.2009, lot 144