BABY INSIDE A BASKET - Awesome BONE Carved Japanese NETSUKE

BABY INSIDE A BASKET - Awesome BONE Carved Japanese NETSUKE (image 1/[null])
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Check out my other items ! Be sure to add me to your favourites list ! You are bidding for a WONDERFUL OX BONE CARVED & SIGNED NETSUKE OF A BABY INSIDE A BASKET . (5cm's in Height). BEAUTIFUL SCRIMSHAWED WORK. Date of the Piece Unknown. The BABY wears a beautiful flowered Kimono and sits inside a Basket A NETSUKE is a form a small sculpture which developed in Japan over a period of more than three hundred years- Japanese dress traditionally had no pockets - Women would tuck small personal items into their sleeves but men suspended their tobacco pouches, pipes purses or writing implements on a silk cord from their obi (sash). These hanging objects were called Sagemono or INRO. To stop the cord slipping through the obi a small toggle was attached. This toggle is called a NETSUKE - A sliding bead the OJIME was strung on the cord between the netsuke and the Inro to tighten or loosen the opening of the Inro. International Bidders (Outside of the UK) please email me for shipping costs. PAYPAL ONLY PLEASE!
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