SIGNED IKKAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A WOOD NETSUKE
SIGNED IKKAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A compact and finely carved model of two snuggling rats, eyes inlaid in dark horn, their teeth of bone
3.3cm. wide

Literature

François Storno, Le Netzké Errant, (Geneva, 2005), fig.70

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Lot Essay

Ikkan (1817-1893) was a priest in the Kyosanji (temple) in Nagoya. He always worked in wood and mainly made animals and figures. He was perhaps best known for his seated or recumbent figures of shojo and for small groups of hares and, as here, rats. Ikkan's work is identifiable by its fine detail, compact form, good hairwork and well inlaid eyes.

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