This netsuke is formed as a figure of Daikoku kneeling, an inverted basket below his hands, a rat on his back.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 142

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; inherited probably from Captain Frank Brinkley, Major Duberly’s great uncle, and author of Japan and China, their History, Arts and Literature

Location: Not on display