NETSUKE what do you think?
Hello All,
I have had this netsuke in my collection for awhile and thought i'd share it with you, and ask a question.
What significance if any, does this character have in Japanese culture? It appears to holding a birds nest.
As always, I am looking forward to any and all opinions.
Take Care, Mart
Matt, that does not look like Japanese (or HK/Chinese) work to me. And I do not think it is a netsuke because it does not have string holes.
--Guy
Hello Guy,
Thanks for your help! Well, now i know what it is'nt.
Thanks and take care,
Mart
My initial thought is that it is carved from bone.
I can't quite identify the robe the figure has.
Obviously it is a death figure but I can't seem to identify origin or time it is supposed to represent.
It is an interesting puzzle.
Looks like a bobble head. Maybe one of those things that go on a car dashboard?
Sorry. Couple of glasses of rum makes me a fool.......
Whatever it is, it is pretty cool!
Michael
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I Think it's a nun that was a teacher I had when I was a kid...although, maybe not...this one is Smiling..
William
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Hi Mart,
Can you please tell me the height of the item and have you a photograph of the base you can post? Thanks.
Regards,
Stu
Seems like something out of Dia de Los Muertos. Maybe Mexican in origin?
Tom
Hello,
Thanks all, for your interest and input on this thing! Here are more photos i hope they help.
Let me know what you think..... Take care Mart
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