A small boxwood netsuke of a disappointed rat catcher, by Ichimin. Mid-19th century
A small boxwood netsuke of a disappointed rat catcher, by Ichimin. Mid-19th century
Crouching over a large rice measure (masu), holding a pestle and wearing only a loose fundoshi while a rat has escaped and sits on his shoulder.
Height 2.5 cm; length 3.5 cm
Provenance
Collection von Waldthausen
Lindenmuseum Stuttgart, acc. no. L 1436/487 – 92.196
Sold by Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987) Munich, Deutsche Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse, Munich, October 1969 (to Emil Damm)
A gift from Grete Damm, Munich, 1.7.1997
Coll. no. 415 (printed) and no. 431 (handwritten)
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A small boxwood netsuke of a disappointed rat catcher, by Ichimin. Mid-19th century
Crouching over a large rice measure (masu), holding a pestle and wearing only a loose fundoshi while a rat has escaped and sits on his shoulder.
Height 2.5 cm; length 3.5 cm
Provenance
Collection von Waldthausen
Lindenmuseum Stuttgart, acc. no. L 1436/487 – 92.196
Sold by Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987) Munich, Deutsche Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse, Munich, October 1969 (to Emil Damm)
A gift from Grete Damm, Munich, 1.7.1997
Coll. no. 415 (printed) and no. 431 (handwritten)
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