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JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL
JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL
JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL
JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL
JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL
JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL
JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL

JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD 1910 BOAR NETSUKE CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD BEAUTIFUL

$ 302.22

Availability: 13 in stock
  • Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION
  • Primary Material: Wood
  • Maker: JAPANESE ARTIST
  • Color: Brown
  • Age: MEIJI PERIOD 1910
  • Type: Netsuke
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Region of Origin: Japan

    Description

    BEAUTIFUL WILD BOAR
    NETSUKE
    FROM JAPAN
    . CREATED DURING THE MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), AROUND THE 1910. A DETAILED SEATED WILD BOAR CARVED FROM BAMBOO WOOD. MADE WITH EXTREME DETAILS WITH ALL THE SURFACE IS FINISHED WITH AN INTRICATE PATTERN SIMULATING HAIR. IS SUITED AT THE BASE WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC HOLES TO BE ATTACHED TO THE
    OJIME
    BALL AND THE
    INRO
    BOX.
    THE WILD BOAR, 亥,
    GAI
    ,  IS THE ZODIAC SIGN OF THE 2019 AND THE TWELFTH SYMBOL OF THE JAPANESE ZODIAC. THE LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE BOAR OUTPACED THE OX IN THE RACE OF GOD, BUT IT RAN HEADLONG AND SHOT PAST GOD, WHICH WAS WHY IT ENDED ON IN THE TWELFTH PLACE. THE SIGN REPRESENT COURAGE AND ADVENTURE.
    THIS PIECE HAVE A MEASURES OF 50 mm BY 20 mm AND HAVE A WEIGHT OF 12.4 Grams.
    A VERY RARE PIECE IN IMPECCABLE CONDITION WITH PERFECT OLD ANTIQUE PATINA.
    INVENTORY REF: P0000XENY/.1111