The tall Dutchman is wearing a large tussled hat and has a humorous expression, typically caricaturized, with a large nose, wide-opened eyes and compressed lips. He is holding a cockerel in his hands, probably referring to the pastime of cockfighting in the Dutch company. He has curly hair and the seam of his long coat is incised with fine waves, since they came to Japan from the ocean. He wears knee breeches, stockings and clogs for shoes. ‘Chimney himotoshi’ through the back and underside. Dutchmen were only known to netsuke artists from the woodblock prints from Nagasaki and were the only Europeans allowed in Japan, after the Portuguese were expelled in 1638.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Figural

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

18th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Tall figural

Height:

95mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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