Dog
This carving is an example of the ‘Kyoto style’, a phrase applied to artists working in Kyoto in the late eighteenth century. Particularly striking are the open mouth and prominent ribs of the animal. There is a large group of good quality netsuke signed ‘Tomotada’, however many forgeries were made, even during the artist’s lifetime.
Artwork Details
- 犬牙彫根付
- Title: Dog
- Artist: Tomotada (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: late 18th century–early 19th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Ivory
- Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
- Classification: Netsuke
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
- Object Number: 10.211.1106
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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