Japan. Edo period. 2nd half of the 19th c. Porcelain glazed in colors. The head of the salmonid in naturalistic shades of silver-grey-blue and salmon pink inside. Width 4.2cm. Sign.: Kozan, T?ky?. Condition A/B. Tiny chip on the mouth.
Literature: -Noetzel, Otto Heinrich: Yakimono Netsuke, 1985, ill. 27, p. 73.