Project Description
Dark Stained Wood Netsuke of a Kappa on Clam Shell by Kōmin
One hind leg trapped by the shell. The hollow in the creature’s head and the hinge of the clam with shell inlays, the flesh of the clam and the kappa‘s eyes ivory
Unsigned. Second half 19th century
Width: 3.4 cm
Provenance:
Glendining & Co 5th September 1952, part lot 3
Dorothy Ann Stevens collection, no. 121
MR5246
Registered for sale under the de minimis rule governing ivory ref. ZNT6LGBR
