A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A HORSE

A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A HORSE

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Depicted standing, with its feet together and its head lowered as if about to graze, his mount decorated with scrolling designs and with a large ribbon around its chest, its flowing tail sweeping around the back, 6.2cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.