Chinese Netsuke “Emperor’s button”
皇帝 鈕扣
Miniature sculpture in a verybeautiful material.
It is a compactthree-dimensional figure carved in a round shape
On the back, you can seethe typical line, as a tree, of this material
AGE: more modern than theothers of the XVII-XVIII century,
The material is lessconsumed: or never used (?!?)
or made after theXVIII-XIX century
I named it “Chinesenetsuke” because I bought it in Beijing twenty years ago.
In China this objectis called the “Emperor’s button”.
Dimension:cm 4,5 x 2,2 - inches 1.77 x 0.87
gr: ~10
condition: see the * onpictures A
