Project Description

Wood Netsuke of a Hare or Rabbit by Ichimin

Recumbent, with one paw raised.  Its eyes are inlays of mid toned buffalo horn

Signed. Nagoya, circa 1870

3.4 cm across

Information:

Compare with two similar netsuke, one signed Isshin, in Moss, ‘Kokusai the Genius’, vol. 3, pp. 372-373

MR3235