OKIMONO: MIGHTY BAKU.
Japan. Edo period. 18th/19th c.

Ivory with expressively carved; reddish colored details. The impressive animal with raised head sitting on a base. Height 7.8cm; width 5cm. Condition B. Hole of the nerve channel on the forehead of the animal; age cracks.

Literature:
-Cf. Davey; Neil K.: Netsuke; 1982; p. 327; ill. 998; a very similar model.

Please note that objects made of ivory; rhinoceros horn and turtle shell; due to Cites regulations can only be sold within the European Community. At present the export in third countries is prohibited.
Art trade; Van Ham.