21. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRESÉNTANT UN ENFANT TENANT UN MASQUE Par Masanao, Kyoto, fin du XVIIIe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF A CHILD HOLDING A MASK By Masanao, Kyoto, late 18th century The young boy standing barefoot, looking down pensively as he holds a mask, the mask possibly of a monkey; signed in an incised oval reserve Masanao. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high. 木彫根付　面を持った幼児　銘「正直」　18世紀後期 Provenance: Purchased from Alain Finard Antiquités, December 1986. Exhibited and Published: NS19, p.69, no.119.