Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of a Pigeon on a Rooftile by Anraku
Carved from pale ivory, the broader feathers incised and black stained, the eyes inlaid in dark horn
Signed beneath the tile: Anraku
Osaka. Circa 1860
Length: 4cms
Provenance:
Sale, Sotheby’s London, 20th June 2002, lot 633
Exhibited:
Rutherston & Bandini Ltd., Netsuke, May 2013, no. 42
MR3340