Project Description
Tall Ivory Netsuke of an Anthropomorphic Octopus
Standing on two tentacles, using others to safeguard its modesty and cover its mouth, another rubbing its head in puzzlement
Height: 13.5cm
Provenance:
Glendining & Co
Dorothy Ann Stevens collection, no. 264
Literature:
Douglas J K Wright Ltd, ‘Netsuke Panorama’, illustrated on p. 7, no. 20, and on the front cover
MR5241
Ivory exemption certificate W3SZFBDL NB Although it is legal for this netsuke to be sold in the UK, it is not available for export
