Project Description
Pale Wood Seal Netsuke of a Hakutaku
Very simply carved, the eyes in the side of the body sketchily incised, the base carved with a seal
Unsigned. Circa 1900
Height 3.9cm
While I am sure that this is a latecarving, it is copied from the Sōken Kishō, published in 1781 by Inaba Tsuryu, appearing on a page of foreign inspired carvings, beneath a so called doctor’s model. The page is not illustrated in Lazarnick’s section on the publication in the first volume of his Netsuke and Inro Artists …
£350
MR4500