15. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN ONI TENANT UNE CORDE EN MÉTAL XVIIIe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN ONI (DEMON) HOLDING A METAL CORD 18th century The oni modelled in a half-squatting and running action, scooting forward with his bent legs, wearing a fundoshi with a tiger pelt, his hands at his left side and behind gripping a later silvered-metal cord, the oni's hands forming the himotoshi; unsigned. 4.9cm (1 15/16in) high. 木彫根付　鬼　無銘　18世紀 Provenance: Purchased from Rolf Schmoll, December 1995. Exhibited and Published: NS19, p.65, no.109. Similar examples (without the metal cord) are published by R. Bandini, IAN, p.25, no.24 and Sydney L. Moss, JNSA, no.22. For another similar example attributed to Gessen from the W. G. Bosshard Collection, see Barry Davies Oriental Art, WGB, no.88.