N8

A fine wood netsuke of a cockerel, preening itself on a drum, the underside of which is finely engraved with a dragon.

Japan, mid. 19th century
Signed: Unsigned, Nagoya
Provenance: Sidney Moss
Published: Item 267 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

This netsuke having two zodiac signs was probably made for a marriage.