agree, no way a wood carver would leave all those rough edges around ears etc and of course those sure look like bubbles...
great, mystery solved I think, I already see one of their pieces with identical colouring to mine. I would never have worked out the 3 lions tbh...
regarding the base, I suspect it was just something to stop the 'ball' rat rolling around. Katabori netsuke are stand alone 3 dimensional...
from memory this was a common design by Masanao (of Ise), just checked and the signature is a possible match. I believe that the Ise area had...
hi, I'm looking for some help with identifying the maker of this small blown glass vase. It is approx 5" (22cm) high, blown glass, light purple...
the curled up rat is a common netsuke form for sure, probably as its one of the zodiac animals. never seen them with any sort of base...'Natural...
many thanks Ownedbybear, I figured you would have come across it. Strange there are so few examples visible on line, maybe because it was mass...
hello all I found recently this 25cm diam by 8.5cm high large bowl by Royal Doulton, mark 1901-22. Unable to identify but useful key words in my...
i have seen something similar in japanese netsuke, so it may be a Kirin, ...?...
http://www.doulton4collectors.co.uk/ForSale/8DA4AA35.html further mystery regarding Rosina Brown, seems the accepted biography may not be 100%...
Doulton find and mark question by Barry Stephen posted Apr 18, 2022 at 4:05 PMDoulton find and mark question by Barry Stephen posted Apr 18, 2022...
many thanks Aquitaine
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well spotted, many thanks
thanks for the comments, I have not yet worked out how to add new photos to my existing post so have posted some new ones in the media gallery...
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