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An Ivory Netsuke**
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An Ivory Netsuke**

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE TOMOTADA

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An Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (late 18th century), with signature Tomotada
Carved as a seated wolf steadying the leg of a deer to eat it, the ribs and back bone of the wolf visible and the hair rendered with finely etched lines; eyes inlaid in horn
2in. (5.1cm.) long

Note du spécialiste

For a nearly identical netsuke by Tomotada see Victor Harris, Netsuke: The Hull Grundy Collection in the British Museum (London: British Museum Publications Ltd., 1987), no. 296.

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