Antique
Japanese Ivory Netsuke
Boy
on Stump
Feeding
Toad
Signature: unsigned. Circa: Meiji, 1868-1911
H
2.5 in.(6.5cm), W 1.25 in.(3cm), D 1
in.(2.5cm)
Condition:
age cracks, o.a. very good! A
very well carved Meiji Era netsuke with natural himotoshi; it is well placed suitable
both for wear and display as an okimono. In cream colored ivory with cool undertones;
engraving and hair lines with sumi in the details of features, embroideries and
the grain of the tree stump; age patina and a few vertical age cracks. The carving
depicts the light-hearted scene of a boy perched on a tree stump, bento in hand,
feeding some of his lunch to a frog who climbs up the stump to receive it.
Private
Collection
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