NETSUKE "SAGE GAMA SENNIN WITH FROG" | JAPAN

Date: late Edo period / early Meiji period (ca. 1850 - 1890)

Technique: bone, fine hand-carving, detailed engraving (kebori), black ink filling (sumi), and authentic honey patina

Dimensions: 4,5 cm (height)

Lot information:

Gama Sennin (蝦蟇仙人): A traditional Taoist immortal sage seated with a scroll in his hand. On his head and shoulder sits his accompanying mythical toad/frog (Gama), whose leg the sage holds in his hand. The garment is decorated with a finely engraved braid and lattice pattern (kebori), long beard and hair typical of Taoist hermits. Himotoshi (紐解): Original functional holes for threading a cord on the back/bottom.

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