THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Ikkan wood netsuke

Zodiac collection

N16

A fine wood netsuke of a seated hare with one forepaw raised. The hair work boldly etched and the eyes inlaid in amber.

Japan, Circa 1890
Signed in sosho, Ikkan, Nagoya
Provenance: Sidney Moss
Published: Item 244 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

Ikkan (1817-1893) worked in Nagoya and the style of signature is that used in his later years.