Similar to the previous netsuke no. 191, though rarer since it is carved from ivory. The cicada (semi) is seated on a half nut shell, the wings are carved naturalistically and precisely. The cicada has large and bulging eyes. Himotoshi on the interior of the nutshell below the bridge. Cicada netsuke were worn during the festival of Obon, honoring the ancestor spirits

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Animal

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Katabori

Height:

25mm mm

Width:

40mm mm

Depth:

mm

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