WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING CHINNAN SENNIN WITH... Lot 5

WOODEN NETSUKE REPRESENTING CHINNAN SENNIN WITH A DRAGON IN A BOWL Late 18th/early 19th century A WOOD NETSUKE OF CHINNAN SENNIN WITH A DRAGON EMERGING FROM A BOWL Late 18th/early 19th century Chinnan Sennin standing with his shoulders slightly hunched, his right hand running through his long hair, his left hand holding an alms bowl from which a tiny coiled dragon emerges, the eyes double inlaid; unsigned. 9cm (3½in) high. Footnotes: 木彫根付 陳楠仙人に椀入り竜 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance: Georges Weil Collection. An American private collection. Purchased at Christie's, Paris, 21 December 2009, lot 46. Published: Hurtig, MNA, p.201, no.841. Sydney L. Moss, MTHE, no. 11. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com