THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Ittan wood netsuke - Zodiac collection.

N10

A wood netsuke of a puppy, scratching an ear, as it sits on a dried fish head. A string attached to the fish is held firmly in the dog's mouth.

Japan, 19th century
Signed: Ittan, Nagoya
Provenance: Sidney Moss
Published: Item 247 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

Ittan was a member of the school of Ikkan (see N16). He lived in Nagoya and died in 1877