AN IVORY NETSUKE

SIGNED SHOZAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

细节

AN IVORY NETSUKE
Signed Shozan, Edo Period (18th/Early 19th Century)
Of a compact figure of a folded skeleton, katabori, ivory, with dark staining and good patina, signed on the pelvis Shozan
2.3/8in. (6cm.) high

来源

Allen Collection

拍品专文

The middle years of the Edo period were a time of increased awareness of European ideas of anatomy, making skeletons an ideal subject for netsuke not only because the material, ivory, was particularly suitable for depicting bones but also because netsuke carvers were so interested in creating portable representations of everything that was novel and strange.