Wooden netsuke representing a broken bottle

Wood netsuke
19th century
Signed: Minko
Height 4.7 cm

Provenance:
Albert Brockhaus (1850-1921), Leipzig (sold at Christie’s London, 25.11.1980, lot 128)

Literature
Brockhaus 1925, p. 420, no. 966 (no illustration)
The Bizen pottery tokkuri (sake flask) with horizontal marks and recessed area with a figure of Hotei in low relief, the neck tied with a cord.

Netsuke for sale. Price on application. Please include item stock number: net-1010