Description
Netsuke, Japanese toggle, rat, boxwood, [Ikkan], Japan, 1700-1900. Handcarved wooded form. Depicting a rat, reclining on its right elbow, with forepaws folded one over the other and tail curved around front of body. Flower carved on underside.
Designed: Ikkan; Japan
Made: Ikkan; Japan; 1700 - 1900
Owned: Morrison, Alastair; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Owned: Morrison, Hedda; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Marks
Japanese characters engraved on underside. "Ikkan"
This text content licensed under CC BY-SA.Acquisition credit line
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Alastair Morrison, 1996
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