Contemporary Wood Netsuke YOJI YAMADA 洋治 山田洋治 Nezumi Rats or Mice on Rice Bale
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Type: Katabori Netsuke
Material: Wood
Age: Contemporary
Origin/Maker: YOJI YAMADA 洋治 山田洋治 (やまだ ようじ). Signed 洋治 (Yoji)
Size: 3.3 cm diameter
Weight: 0.1 oz (4 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Seller from Osaka, Japan, 14 MAR 2017
Condition: Item is used in good condition, see photos.
Subject: Two rats or mice (with inlaid eyes) on a rice-straw wrapped bale of rice. Rats were seen as a sign of prosperity, as you only had them if you had an excess of food.
Location:
Contemporary Wood Netsuke YOJI YAMADA 洋治 山田洋治 Nezumi Rats or Mice on Rice Bale
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
Type: Katabori Netsuke
Material: Wood
Age: Contemporary
Origin/Maker: YOJI YAMADA 洋治 山田洋治 (やまだ ようじ). Signed 洋治 (Yoji)
Size: 3.3 cm diameter
Weight: 0.1 oz (4 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Seller from Osaka, Japan, 14 MAR 2017
Condition: Item is used in good condition, see photos.
Subject: Two rats or mice (with inlaid eyes) on a rice-straw wrapped bale of rice. Rats were seen as a sign of prosperity, as you only had them if you had an excess of food.
Location:
Contemporary Wood Netsuke YOJI YAMADA 洋治 山田洋治 Nezumi Rats or Mice on Rice Bale
