A Coloured Ivory Netsuke of Hotei
Signed Yasutaka on an inlaid mother-of-pearl tablet, Meiji period (late 19th century)
Hotei, the god of good fortune and happiness, seated, looking slightly upward and smiling, his coloured robe decorated in detail with various geometric designs, a reishi fungus in his hands
3.1 cm. high
A Coloured Ivory Netsuke of Hotei
Signed Yasutaka on an inlaid mother-of-pearl tablet, Meiji period (late 19th century)
Hotei, the god of good fortune and happiness, seated, looking slightly upward and smiling, his coloured robe decorated in detail with various geometric designs, a reishi fungus in his hands
3.1 cm. high