Lot 556 D‡α

An Edo school boxwood netsuke of Hotei and a karako playing sugoroku. Mid-19th century

A bag tied together with a tasselled cord opens to reveal Hotei and a karako seated at a sugoroku board, Hotei raising a shaker. The game tokens of bone and black horn, the karako’s hair tufts of black horn, the cord hole lined with ivory.
Height 3.1 cm