A dense composition carved from a choice piece of butterscotch-colored walrus tusk ivory with many inclusions. Depicted are seven frogs on a waraji, arranged in a circle with a lotus flower in the middle, and holding drums, mallets and a lotus bud. The underside of a beautiful amber color with a further flattened frog and the irregular himotoshi.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Animal

Material:

Marine ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Katabori

Height:

mm

Width:

50mm mm

Depth:

mm

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