A compact netsuke of a very good size depicting a naturalistic rendition of an octopus with bulging eyes inlaid in black horn. It is holding six of its tentacles to its bulbous and smooth head, while the two in the front are flaring outwards and touching the tentacles in the middle. The hundreds of suckers are precisely carved. The wood bearing a very attractive color and patina. The underside with more suckers and the characteristic mouth also called the ‘lantern of Aristoteles’. Natural himotoshi.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Animal

Material:

Wood

Age/Country:

18th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

-

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Katabori

Height:

44mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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