Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of Okame
She stands bare-breasted in a skirt, clutching a mushroom, and smiling knowingly
Unsigned, circa 1800
Height: 5.9 cm
Provenance: Carlo Monzino (not in the June 1995 sale) and Adrienne Barbanson collections
Literature: A. Barbanson, ‘Fables in Ivory’, 1961, pp. 72-73, illustrated, and described as Uzume
MR3555
