2013
Type: Netsuke
Sold. Russia, private collection.
Materials: Sperm whale tooth, yashabushi stain. Jet inlay.
Dimensions: 45×42×14 mm.
Weight: 12 g.
The netsuke shows a bat carrying a centipede picked up from the ground. The hollow part of a sperm whale tooth was used as material for the figurine. I turned the other half of the hollow part into the Fish netsuke.
The figurine is stained with yashabushi ink. The eyes of the bat are inlayed with jet stone.