Japan. Edo period. Presumably Hirado work. Seal netsuke in the form of a sittig hare with long ears, on an oval plate with seal, read as 'ju', also identified as such by Shinkichi Hara for Brockhaus. Finely modelled, white porcelain, the eyes, toes, and the inside of the ears reddish glazed, the fur finely engraved and the edge of the seal is glazed blue and accentuated with finely engraved triangle patterns. Height 2.5cm, width 3cm. Condition A.
Provenance: -Collection Albert Brockhaus, no. 700, acquired in 1900 from Rex. -Collection Otto Heinrich Noetzel, ill. Yakimono Netsuke, 1985, p. 84, no. 39.