Project Description

Ivory Seal Netsuke of a Pigeon Knop by Ohara Mitsuhiro (Osaka, 1810-1875)

Cut with a seal

Signed. Osaka. Circa 1850

Length: 3.9 cm

Provenance:

Private collection, French

Information:

Although the scale of the birds is different, this rewards comparison with the pigeon in the British Museum, best illustrated in N. Tsuchiya, ‘Netsuke’, pp. 160-161

MR2950

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