A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SHAPE OF A SPARROW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SHAPE OF A SPARROW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SHAPE OF A SPARROW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SHAPE OF A SPARROW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SHAPE OF A SPARROW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SHAPE OF A SPARROW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART2001593

An elephant ivory netsuke in the shape of a sparrow, with folded wings and wheeling tail. Feathers of both wings, the tail and above the bill accentuated with dark pigment.
Eyes inlaid with coloured glass. Homotoshi of unequal size
Signature Gyokusai
Length 4.2 cm.