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For an identical example in the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, go to https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O228598/netsuke-unknown/
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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A TANUKI
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A TANUKI
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Finely carved as a tanuki (badger) wearing a small lotus leaf hat and wrapped with a lotus leaf, the stem forms a cord hole (himotoshi), eyes inlaid in horn
2 1⁄8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Finely carved as a tanuki (badger) wearing a small lotus leaf hat and wrapped with a lotus leaf, the stem forms a cord hole (himotoshi), eyes inlaid in horn
2 1⁄8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Japanese and Korean Art
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