Project Description
Ivory netsuke of Hare with biwa fruit by Okatori
Seated with a paw resting on the fruit. The eyes and fruit are inlaid with dark buffalo horn. Much of the original hair work and stain remains
Signed. Kyoto, circa 1820
Height: 3.7 cm
Provenance:
Prof. & Mrs J. Hull Grundy, sold at Sotheby’s London, 13th June 1985, lot 481
Since then in a private French collection
MR2855