Project Description
Wood netsuke of a wolf with haunch of venison, by Yamaguchi Okatomo (Kyoto, fl. 1780-1830)
A delicate carving of a classic subject, the lean wolf with its ribs visible all down its back, and looking downwards, the eyes inlaid in bone with dark horn pupils
Bearing a well written Tomotada signature. Circa 1800
Length: 4.5 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby’s 28th Feb, 1973
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Jay Hopkins, Lynchburg VA
Max Rutherston Ltd., 2015
Since in a private collection
Literature:
A line drawing of this or one very similar is illustrated in the ‘Meinertzhagen Card Index’, p. 917, as by Tomotada
MR5311
