Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 836
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAT EDO/MEIJI PERIOD The chubby rodent depicted lying and tenderly...
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Description
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAT
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD
The chubby rodent depicted lying and tenderly clutching a large bean pod, the eyes inlaid and signed Ittei for Ittei of Nagoya, 4cm.
Provenance: from the John and Helen Mang Collection.
Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.252 for another netsuke of a rat with a bean pod by Ittei.