Netsuke: Biwa (Japanese lyre) with the attributes of the seven fortune gods

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 50.212.1
Type: wooden sculpture; object for daily use; statuette
Date of production:
end of 18th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Genryosai
Materials: wood
Techniques: carved
Dimensions: height: 2.4 cm
width: 6.4 cm
Openable, inside with an ivory figure of Hotei, next to his bag, covering his ears.