A large boxwood netsuke of a Ningyo.
The bare breasted mermaid facing forwards. With scales on her back and arms and her tail winding round an old wooden post. The eyepupils of grey glass.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Mythological

Material:

Wood

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

Ex Edward and Marilyn Flower coll. EW coll.

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Katabori

Height:

7.3cm mm

Width:

2.7cm mm

Depth:

2.9cm mm

ID number:

1098