#netsuke

[everydaylouie]

more pokemon netsuke

[blondebrainpowered]

A late 19th century netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan.

Now housed at the British Museum.

[jstor]

Happy International Dog Day!

Please enjoy this netsuke of a spotted dog guarding its catch, with an all-too-familiar glint of mischief in its eyes.

Image: Netsuke of a Dog and a Fish, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory and horn, H 1.4 cm; W 4 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[soli-terri]

A netsuke showing three rats eating a fish head. Made in the 18th / 19th century during the Edo / Meiji period. Believed to be carved from a sperm whale tooth.

A netsuke is a Japanese miniature sculpture that originated in the 17th century.

[hobohobgoblim]

Netsuke of Mother Bat with Two Young, Hō-raku, 19th century

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown Nagai Rantei (Japan) Late-18th to early-19th century Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays 6.7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)

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Toad/frog netsuke PNGs.

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[slopforhogs]

Ivory wild boar netsuke by Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892)

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