An ivory netsuke of a nine-tailed fox (kyubi kitsune). 20th century - image-1

Lot 613 Dα

An ivory netsuke of a nine-tailed fox (kyubi kitsune). 20th century

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 18:00 - Netsuke and Sagemono
Estimate: 400 € - 500 €

An ivory netsuke of a nine-tailed fox (kyubi kitsune). 20th century

The nine-tailed fox running swiftly holds (possibly) a sheath of rice in its mouth, suggesting he is the messenger of the Inari, the god of rice.
Length 7.5 cm

Literature

Compare similar netsuke illustrated in: Matthew Welch and Sharel Chapell, Netsuke, Minneapolis 1999, cat. no. 78