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IVORY NETSUKE OF A SLEEPING SARUMAWASHI WITH MONKEY
The Sarumawashi (monkey trainer) was a street artist who performed tricks with his monkey. In this netsuke the monkey trainer is depicted sleeping, with sensitively crafted facial features, while the normally obedient monkey is grabbing the basket of the food behind his back. The ivory bearing a very good patina and the large himotoshi on the underside.
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- Subcategory:
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- Subject:
- Animal Figural Daily Life
- Material:
- Ivory
- Age/Country:
- 19th Century
- Artist:
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- Provenance/Owner:
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- Signed:
- unsigned
- Type:
- Katabori
- Height:
- 25mm mm
- Width:
- 46mm mm
- Depth:
- mm
- ID number:
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