All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1119872
(stock #MOR3070)
The Kura
$395.00
$395.00
A tiny mingei image of the god of fortune Hotei carved from what appears to my untrained eye to be bone, possibly Stag-horn. He squats, grinning up at the sky, his ubiquitous sack voluminous behind. Through the back and down through the bottom is bored a hole for the string. The figure is 1-1/2 inches (4 cm) tall and likely dates from the 19th century (Late Edo to Meiji). These are not modern reproductions, but genuine antique Japanese Netsuke coming from Kyoto.
Hotei (Ch...
Hotei (Ch...


