Netsuke: reclining deer

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.395.1
Type: wooden sculpture; object for daily use; statuette
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
C. mid-19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Signed: Ikkei (?) /一渓
Materials/Techniques: wood, ivory inlay (eyes)
Dimensions: height: 2.5 cm, width: 4.2 cm, depth: 2.2 cm
Purchased at the Oppenheimer auction, Munich, 1913. (HMI_227/1953)




Literature: Cseh, Éva, Netsuke: Japanese miniature carvings. Budapest, Hopp Ferenc Kelet-Ázsiai Müvészeti Múzeum, 2001, 306.




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https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24456/lot/10/a-rare-wood-manjū-netsuke-depicting-gama-sennin-by-seishinsai-ikkei-19th-century/