Project Description
Dark Wood Netsuke of a Turtle by Kogetsu
Carved with large front flippers, the central scute of the carapace removable to attach a cord and marked with a red pigmented dot to indicate which way round it locates, next to a similar dot on the inside of the netsuke
Signed
Length: 4.4 cm
Lazarnick (NIA) illustrates two comparable examples, probably earlier, with similar flippers
MR5147
