NETSUKE: GOKI WITH GHOST.
Japan. Meiji period. Late 19th c.

Ivory. The Chinese soldier Goki trying to push his wife's ghost back into the grave. To prove his loyalty to China; he killed her because she was Japanese. Height 5.1cm. Signed: Shokyokuken; redened; cf. Ueda Reikichi: The Netsuke Handbook; p. 52; ill. 56. Condition A/B.

Provenance:
-Collection Bushell.

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Art trade; Van Ham.