Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis

Attributed to Ryūsa Japanese

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The superb high relief carving and mist-like stippled surface of the ivory piece may be the work of Ryūsa himself, after whom this type of openwork manjū-shaped netsuke is named.

Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis, Attributed to Ryūsa (Japanese, active late 18th century), Ivory, Japan

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Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis, Attributed to Ryūsa (Japanese, active late 18th century), Ivory, Japan
Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis, Attributed to Ryūsa (Japanese, active late 18th century), Ivory, Japan
Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis, Attributed to Ryūsa (Japanese, active late 18th century), Ivory, Japan

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