NETSUKE: THE IMMORTAL; ONE-HORN IKKAKU.
Japan. Edo period.

Boxwood with rests of a formerly almost complete; black lacquer. Ikkaku standing in vivid position on one foot; carrying his elegantly dressed wife Sendaramo on his back. He owes his loss of immortality to his weakness for the fair sex; which may be the reason for his grim expression. H.11.2cm. Condition A/B. One shoe and the tip of the second shoe replaced.

Provenance:
-Collection V. F. Weber; Paris; 1923.
-Collection W. W. Winkworth.
-Collection Guest; no. 1330.
-Collection M. T. Hindson; no. 1170; ill. p. 391.
-Collection C. Monzino.
-Old collection no. 651.

Literature:
-Koji-Hoten; depicted in the 1st volume on p. 304; fig. 323; formerly collection of the author Victor Fr閐閞ic Weber of this important; two-volume reference book about Japanese art; published in Paris in 1923.
Art trade; Van Ham.