A carved staghorn Ashinaga

Description:

Japan, 18th/early 19th cent.
H. 18,1 cm
With his naked feet close together, the curly "long leg" stands in balance and places both hands over his forearms in front of his chest, the gaunt body shows an emaciated chest, the man wears a rush apron around his hips, the himotoshi perhaps set between the locks of hair.
From an old European private collection - Beautiful patina, small traces of age