THE JAPANESE
COLLECTION
Ikkan
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.
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