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A NETSUKE IS A FORM OF SMALL SCULPTURE WHICH DEVELOPED IN JAPAN OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN 300 YEARS. NETSUKES SERVED BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND AESTHETIC PURPOSES. THE KIMONO, THE TRADITIONAL FORM OF JAPANESE DRESS, HAD NO POCKETS. WOMEN COULD TUCK SMALL PERSONAL OBJECTS INTO THEIR SLEEVES BUT MEN SUSPENDED THEIR TOBACCO POUCHES, PIPES, PURSES OR WRITING IMPLEMENTS ON A SILK CORD FROM THEIR OBI (SASH) THESE HANGING OBJECTS ARE CALLED SAGEMONO. TO STOP THE CORD FROM SLIPPING THROUGH THE OBI, A SMALL TOGGLE WAS ATTACHED. THE TOGGLE IS CALLED NETSUKE.


 






 		Japanese Carving: Skeleton with Skulls
Carved from fossilised Mammoth Ivory
$95

SOLD SOLD SOLD		 This skeleton netsuke with two skulls is hand-carved from Mammoth Ivory and signed by the artist. It stands approximately 2 inches high. It also comes with a small wooden stand (not shown).

Mammoth Ivory has been found in Europe, North America and Asia since the end of the last ice age. Over the millenia, the tusks that fell to the ground have been fossilised by glacial deposits. These are now mined and this beautiful netsuke is a product many thousands of years in the making.


 		 Japanese Carving: Eagle Head
Carved from boxwood
$28
 		 This carving of an eagle head is from high quality boxwood and signed by the artist.
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