Kappa (water demon) on a clam shell (which has caught its foot)

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 50.220.1
Type: bone objects; wooden sculpture; object for daily use; statuette; netsuke; accessory
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
ca. 1800
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Suketada (資忠?)
Materials/Techniques: wood, one hole of the himotōshi riged with green tinted ivory
Dimensions: height: 3.58 cm
width 3.7 cm
depth: 3 cm