Antique Japanese Netsuke
Lucky Man
Painting Eye of Daruma Doll
Signed: Shosai, Early 1900s'
H 1.5 in.(4cm), W 1.5 in.(4cm), D 1.25in.(3.cm)
Condition: Excellent !

Private Collection

Antique Japanese Netsuke in fine quality tusk ivory, cream color with a warm age patina, depicting a man holding a Daruma doll. It is the custom in Japan to acquire an eyeless Daruma doll early in the year, and to paint one eye on the doll as one makes a wish for the success of a plan or goal. When the goal has been achieved or the boon granted, one paints the other eye in gratitude and celebration of success. Here a seated man, attired prosperously in three layers of clothing, has just finished painting in the second eye of the ever-lugubrious Daruma. Engraved with geometric and foliate patterns in the robes; embbroidery on the soft hat of freely drawn clouds--a celebration of Japanese culture and traditions.

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