An ivory netsuke of a young boy. Early 19th century - image-1

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An ivory netsuke of a young boy. Early 19th century

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16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
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An ivory netsuke of a young boy. Early 19th century

The crouching young boy only wearing a bib tied around his neck and waist holds a very large fish.
Height 2.1 cm; length 3.3 cm

The netsuke possibly alludes to the strong boy Kintoki measuring his strength by holding a mighty carp.

Provenienz

Purchased from Ohmura, Hamburg, 1972
Coll. no. 920 (handwritten)