Circa 1820
 
Carved from a large piece of ivory, giving bulk to the body, the head lowered with engraved manes, the pack with dark patina, a circular age crack which gives the netsuke another dimension, with an old numbered label in Hebrew on the back.

H. approx. 6.2 cm

Provenance:
Private collection, France
French ivory reg.no. R1907519224-D