Project Description
Stained Cherry Wood Netsuke of a Rat and Shogi Piece by Kano Tomokazu
Nibbling on the game piece, inscribed keima, which it holds in its front paws. Its serpentine tail provides a cord attachment. The eyes are inlays of dark buffalo horn and the incisors are of ivory or bone
Signed. Gifu. Circa 1820
Length 4.2 cm
Provenance:
Anonymous Japanese collection
Sale, Sotheby’s London 14th July 2005, lot 1033
Exhibited:
netsuke, edo saimitsu kogei no hana [Netsuke, Flowers of miniature carving of the Edo period], organised by the Nihon Netsuke Kenkyukai, Tokyo, 1995, n° 116
MR3971
