Project Description
Large Ivory Netsuke of a Cicada on Folded Leaf
The insect is life sized, its wings carved and stained grey-beige to show venation, as is the taro leaf. The
head is inset with three minuscule studs of translucent amber horn
Unsigned. Circa 1800
Length: 7.9 cm
Literature:
S.L. Moss Ltd., More Things in Heaven and Earth, no. 28
MR3333
