THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Unsigned wood netsuke

Zodiac collection

N24

An early wood netsuke of a reclining goat licking its coat.

Japan, 18th century
Signed: Unsigned, probably Nagoya
Provenance: T. L. Elliot
Published: Item 189 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

This netsuke, although unsigned, is probably the work of Tametaka.