Unsigned, marine ivory netsukeJapan, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)An extraordinarily small netsuke carved from a rare material. Ono no Komachi, one of the great 6 poets of 9th century (Rokkasen), is seated on a grave post, smiling gleefully. She is holding her straw hat over her shoulder and a basket to her right. A single inscribed character on the sotoba and the grain of the grave post is well-carved. Small himotoshi on the base.HEIGHT 2.4 CMCondition: Excellent conditionProvenance: British collection

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Mythological

Material:

Marine ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

-

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Katabori

Height:

24mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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