Netsuke of a female sea creature (ningyo). Boxwood.... Lot 383
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Netsuke of a female sea creature (ningyo). Boxwood. Early 19th century.
Signed: Korakusai
With a long fish body and flapping tail fin, the female head stretched forward and with long hair lying over her back, merging into the dorsal fin, she is wringing out two thin strands of hair with her hands.
An unusual interpretation of this motif associated with the carvers in Nagoya.
H 2.2 cm; L 6.4 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Southern Europe
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