A carved ivory netsuke depicting an oni and a man wrestling

Description:

Japan, sign. Shōkō (Masamitsu), late 19th c.
H. 2,9 cm
Oni and a man with a headband tied around his head wrestling on a plinth. Pupils of the oni made of horn.
From an old private collection in the Hunsrück region, acquired in the 1990s - Publ. in: Lempertz Köln, Auction 659, 30 Nov./1 Dec. 1990, Lot 864 - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot has been granted - Minimally wear, one pupil of the oni missing