NETSUKE: NURSING NINGY?
Japan. Edo period. Late 18th century.
Boxwood; very delicately carved; engraved; with some dark accentuating. The mythical creatures; mother and child. The mother with human upper body and unusally naturalistic bulging breast with nipple; the child grabbing a breast with both hands. W. 4.1cm. Signed: Hosen. Condition A.
Provenance:
-Exhibited at the Netsuke-Convention London in 2013 at the Japanese embassy from 4 April to 31 May; cf. cat. no. 106 in 'In a Nutshell'; there dated to the late 18th century; and MCI p. 195 without information.
Art trade; Van Ham.
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Details
Creative#:
TOP28196079
Source:
達志影像
Authorization Type:
RM
Release Information:
須由TPG 完整授權
Model Release:
No
Property Release:
No
Right to Privacy:
No
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