Lot Essay
The foreigner is probably a Dutchman. The carver has utilized the solid coin-shaped base of the stag antler attached to the skull to make the netsuke.
Details
PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A FOREIGNER
Stag antler manju netsuke, unsigned
Early 19th Century
2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) diameter
Stag antler manju netsuke, unsigned
Early 19th Century
2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) diameter
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975, fig. 156