欧洲豪门旧藏，曾长期租借犹太博物馆展出，2020年4月回流日本。
晴雨不定的天气最适合观赏重量级艺术品，去年雨季拍摄的，今天拿给一位自谦“在卢浮宫从事雕刻研究40年的老工人”指教，以回复“So disappointed I can’t read japan language … I have to learn now !”（太失望了我看不懂日语……我现在必须学习！）看来，艺术不分国界。
19世纪中期兰一牙雕，构图和雕刻已经达到巅峰。兰一存世作品多为动物，人物仅有国立东京博物馆“乡爵士旧藏”。这是已知兰一第二件牙雕人物，也是唯一的布袋题材。方寸间将佛生女相和布袋的洒脱刻画栩栩如生，充分展现了立体的八面美感。
Excellent quality carving, perfectly captured mood of the scene, wonderful face with horn eyes, anatomically correct view from the bottom. Himotoshi is formed by bottom. beautiful warm yellow patina, old age lines. Signed RANICHI in leaf shaped reserve on the bottom. this brilliant carver is discussed in detail on p. 860 of NETSUKE & INRO ARTISTS AND HOW TO READ THEIR SIGNATURES by George Lazarnick.
