Netsuke in form of rabbit or hare

Made:
1701-1900 in Japan
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a rabbit or hare

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Ivory netsuke, in the form of a rabbit or hare
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Ivory netsuke, in the form of a rabbit or hare, standing on clouds and leaning on the moon, holding a pestle, signed Mitsutsugu, Japanese, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641095
Materials:
complete and ivory
Measurements:
overall: 27 mm x 44 mm x 28 mm, .029kg
type:
netsuke
credit:
Sotheby's