Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of a Pair of Quails on Millet by Okatori
With characteristic grumpy expressions, the eyes inlaid with dark buffalo horn
Signed. Kyoto. Circa 1820
Height: 3.2 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Information:
It is worth reading Meinertzhagen on how good a carver Okatori was (‘MCI’ p. 622), a point not lost on this collector who owned five netsuke by him
MR2916