Netsuke, wood. Japan, 1st half 19th cent.
Good realistic representation of a standing barefoot man. The impressive carving style and head suggesting origin Edo school, Miwa circle. At his belt the man wears a tobacco pouch. The hands possibly hold the pipe quiver kiseruzutsu. The back is elaborate, with himotoshi in buttocks.
HEIGHT 6,4 CM
From a Viennese collection