Large Netsuke in the Form of a Fish, Follower of Ogawa Haritsu, known as Ritsuō (1663-1747)
The body of wood, the recto partly covered in lizard skin, with head, tail and fins of caramel coloured horn, with shell and horn eye, the lacquered verso decorated with seaweed in takamakie and hiramakie, with a shell inlay
Signed: first half 19th century
Length: 12.7 cm
MR5345