Lot 918 D‡α

A stained ivory netsuke of travellers on horseback. Mid-19th century

A stained ivory netsuke of travelers on horseback, the horse led by a groom, in the saddle at the centre a young mother, to both her sides her two children, one of them with mochi dango. The motif is known as sanbô kôjin. Signed Norishige. Mid-19th century.
Height 3.9 cm