Lot Essay
For this subject see also Tabako to Shio no Hakubutsukan [Tobacco and Salt Museum], Netsuke: Te no hira no naka no geijutsu [Netsuke: Art in the Palm of the Hand] (Tokyo, 1995), cat. no. 121, signed Garaku
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UNSIGNED (OSAKA), EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY)
Details
AN IVORY NETSUKE
Unsigned (Osaka), Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Of a naked man, just out of the bath, drying himself with a tenugui [towel], katabori, ivory, with dark staining and rich patina
2.7/8in.(7.2cm.) high
Unsigned (Osaka), Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Of a naked man, just out of the bath, drying himself with a tenugui [towel], katabori, ivory, with dark staining and rich patina
2.7/8in.(7.2cm.) high
Provenance
Blackwell Collection