WOODEN PUTTO ADAPTED AS A NETSUKE Late 18th century A... Lot 20

WOODEN PUTTO ADAPTED AS A NETSUKE Late 18th century A WOOD FIGURE OF A PUTTO ADAPTED INTO A NETSUKE Late 18th century The putto standing with his left arm raised and bent, his eyes closed with a serene expression, the details softly rendered; unsigned. 13.2cm (5 3/16in) high. Footnotes: 木彫根付 プット 無銘 18世紀後期 Provenance: H. G. Beasley Collection. Sold at Sotheby's, London, 14 March 1984, lot 161. Purchased at Klefisch, Cologne, 27 November 1999, lot 234. Exhibited and Published: CS, p.56, cat.no.119 (catalogued as the Christ Child). Published: INSJ, vol.20, no.1, p.24. Originally a late seventeenth or early eighteenth century Dutch-Flemish carving, which was probably later converted into a netsuke. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com