Ashinaga & Tenaga

ANTIQUE JAPANESE NETSUKE

A superbly carved boxwood netsuke of Ashinaga (long legs) and Tenaga (long arms).
Tenaga being carried on Ashinaga's back, his right arm holding to Ashinaga arms that are supporting him at the back.
His long right arm holding the sea bream in his hand he has plucked from the sea.

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector.

Please refer to the images for details as they also form the description.

Depending on your computer monitor / phone / etc colour may vary to actual

Condition: Excellent. Aged patina.

Unsigned:
Himotoshi: Back

Height about 8.0 cm
Length about : 2.3 cm
Depth about : 2.0 cm

A$795

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A mirror reverse of this netsuke in ivory in The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. USA.