An ebony netsuke of Gama sennin
By Gokyotei Baiseki, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centurySeated with a gourd flask strapped to his waist, sitting astride a huge resting toad, its feet tucked beneath its bulbous body to form a compact composition, its eyes inlaid in horn; signed Gokyotei Baiseki kore o chokoku (Gokyotei Baiseki carved this) with a seal Sha. 4.5cm (1?in).
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黒檀彫根付 蝦蟇仙人 銘 「五橋亭楳石彫刻之」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published: Rokusho 20, p.75, no.110.Earle, Huthart, p.297, no.267.