A narwhal tusk netsuke of a rat

By Kawamoto Shuraku, Edo, 19th century

By Kawamoto Shuraku, Edo, 19th century
Signed in seal form Shuraku.
4.2cm (1 5/8in) high.

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Provenance:
Felix Tikotin collection.
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1969.

Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.223, no.K276.

Seated, its head turned to the right as it holds two large mochi cakes, a small bottle at its side and three feather fans beneath, one forming the himotoshi, the eyes inlaid with pink coral.