Project Description
Characterful boxwood netsuke of a shaggy goat by Ittan
Resting comfortably with all its legs tucked in, these providing the himotoshi
The Ittan goat illustrated with a drawing in Meinertzhagen’s card index is clearly derived from a Minko model, while the present netsuke is closer in spirit to Tametaka, but with all the precision of observation typical of the mid 19th century Nagoya carvers
Signed. Nagoya. Circa 1840
Height 3.6cm
Provenance:
Scholten Japanese Art, New York, 2007, purchased by the present owner on the recommendation of Max Rutherston
MR3992
