A Stag Antler Netsuke

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A Stag Antler Netsuke
Edo period (19th century)
Of an abalone diver girl with two octopi, a large one emerging from her basket grasping her around the shoulders while she clutches a smaller one at her chest
1.1/in. (3.7cm.) wide

Lot Essay

For the sexual connotations of octopi and abalone diver girls see Danielle Talerico, "Interpreting Sexual Imagery in Japanese Prints: a Fresh Approach to Hokusai's Diver and Two Octopi," Impressions 23 (2001).

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