Project Description
Umimatsu Netsuke of a Bitch and Pup
Huddled together, the mother licking her offspring. The bitch’s tongue and pups collar are lacquered red
Unsigned. Circa 1820
4.6 cm across
Provenance:
Davis & Horne
Fairley collection no. 409 (no. pasted on the netsuke)
Isabel Sharpe, 1952
Glendining & Co., 24th June 1957, lot 69
Dorothy Ann Stevens collection, no. 385
MR5242
