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Vintage
Japanese Netsuke Rat
Catcher
Screaming
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Signed: Koshin, Circa: 20th Century
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1.5in.(4cm.), W 1in.(2.5cm.), D 1.5in.(4cm.)
Condition: Very Good
A fine netsuke in cream white ivory, well marked with striations and crosshatching.
Very well carved with engraving, sumi and red pigment, polished to a high hand
finish; an element of surrealism in the wildly distorted face of the rat catcher,
who yells in outraged alarm to find one of his prey on his own back. He faces
a dilemma, since his weapon, a studded club capable of serious injury, is useless
in this situation. Private Collection
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