Daily Netsuke – Japanese Man Maintaining The Barrel – Jan 24
by Netsuke on January 23, 2010
Mammoth Ivory Netsuke - Museum Quality
Today in our Daily Netsuke collection we have a Museum quality – Mammoth Ivory Netsuke of a Japanese Man Maintaining The Barrel from IvoryAndArt.com Gallery Master Netsukes collection.
In Japan’s 17th century there was a special man which took care to maintain all the barrels – we can notice that at the moment he is sweeping the barrel but as well he has an hummer next to him in order to fix the barrel if needed.
This Netsuke was hand carved by IvoryAndArt.com Gallery top Skilled Master Carver which you can see his signature on the bottom of the Netsuke & the two holes are drilled next to the signature on the buttocks of the old man- Look at the video on this page in order to see this inspiring Netsuke all around.
This outstanding Netsuke made of 100% genuine Mammoth ivory Tusk & made out from the best grade of raw mammoth ivory tusk.
Mammoth ivory Netsukes is absolutely legal worldwide.