Dog

Tomotada Japanese

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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.

Dog, Tomotada (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Ivory, Japan

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Dog, Tomotada (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Ivory, Japan
Dog, Tomotada (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Ivory, Japan
Dog, Tomotada (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Ivory, Japan
Dog, Tomotada (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Ivory, Japan

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