Netsuke of a temple bell made of wood with lacquer decoration

Description:

Japan, signed Hogitsu (?), 18th/early 19th cent.
H. 4,3 cm
The mokugyo is finely decorated in wood with red and coloured lacquer, signed in an inlaid horn reserve. Old original(?) horn clasps.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 85 (with note 11/ (19)84 Gallery RD Ruth Gauss) - Wear, traces of age