Project Description

Ivory netsuke of turtles by Tadakazu (Chuichi) 

A pyramid of six turtles of diminishing size standing on top of a larger adult. The eyes inlaid in horn

Signed: Tadakazu (Chuichi). Circa 1890

Height: 4.3 cm

Provenance: 

Sotheby’s London, 15th November 2001, lot 194

MR2571