Carved Japanese Netsuke of Sennin with Lantern and Peach
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An old finely carved Japanese boxwood netsuke of a Sennin, he stands in traditional robe with peach and long staff, a lantern/shrine to his back, an old label attached to the himotoshi. Provenance: The Joy and Denis Hannah estate collection. Jewelled eyes.
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- Boxwood - Boxwood is a hard, yellow coloured, close grained timber. In the 19th century it was often used for inlays, especially stringing, because of its contrasting colour to the darker timbers of the carcase. Stringing is the inlay of a narrow strip of veneer of a lighter colour, such as boxwood along or close to the edges of an object that has been veneered in a darker timber such as mahogany.
Because of its fine grain and resistnce to splitting or chipping it has also been used for treen, turnings, carvings and other small wooden items, such as chess pieces.
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