AN EARLY IVORY NETSUKE OF A CHINESE MAN SLEEPING ON AN OPIUM BED
Unsigned
Japan, early 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Depicting a Chinese man dressed in Chinese clothes and sleeping, with his head rested on a pillow, on a traditional Chinese opium bed of Kang form. Set on a base, with large central himotoshi through the underside. The man is in a deep slumber, smiling and visibly inebriated from the opium smoke.

HEIGHT 4.3 cm

Condition: Good condition with appealing patina and many expected age cracks.
Provenance: The Gabor Wilhelm Collection.