Hungry Wolf & Relaxing Frog
Properties:
2017
Type: Netsuke
Sold. Russia, private collection.
Materials: Walrus tusk. Mother-of-pearl, subfssil mammoth tusk and jet inlay.
Dimensions: 41×31×20 mm.
Weight: ? g.
Hungry wolf is sitting near the stone, under which a sly frog has hidden. Despite the wolf is hungry, the frog can feel itself completely relaxed, since it is perfectly protected.
The netsuke is carved of walrus tusk and inlaid by mother-of-pearl, petrified color tusk of mammoth, and jet.