草花螳螂牙彫根付|Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis

Ryūsa

late 18th century · Ivory · Asian Art

The superb high relief carving and mist-like stippled surface of the ivory piece may be the work of Ryūsa himself, after whom this type of openwork manjū-shaped netsuke is named.

Artist

Ryūsa

Date

late 18th century

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910