Dutchman & Chicken

ANTIQUE JAPANESE NETSUKE

An excellent antique boxwood netsuke.

A Dutchman dressed in a long coat decorated with curling waves.
His left hand underneath a chicken, his right hand holding the wing.

Unsigned
Himotoshi : back

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector

Condition: Very good, nice age patina.
Some rubbing from age & usage.

Height: 10.6 cm
Length: 2.5 cm
Depth: 2.6 cm

A$895

Similar :
Netsuke in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Page 41.
Plate 15 Dutchman. Ivory.