Lot Essay
For a similar fox netsuke, possibly by the same artist, see Joe Earle, Netsuke: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Miniature Sculpture (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001), no. 236 and dust jacket illustration.
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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
An Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (18th century)
Of a seated fox, its head tilted back and mouth open and raising its left front paw to its chest, the eyes and whiskers lightly incised and stained
2¾in. (7cm.) high
Edo period (18th century)
Of a seated fox, its head tilted back and mouth open and raising its left front paw to its chest, the eyes and whiskers lightly incised and stained
2¾in. (7cm.) high
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