Netsuke in the Shape of an Awabi Shell

Description A carved ivory netsuke in the shape of an awabi shell with a piece of annularia on the outside. Some perforations on the outside edge.

Exhibitions

• Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Hidemasa

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters