Lot 833 D‡α

A small amusing ivory netsuke of a tengu and an octopus. Late 19th century

The karasu tengu, dressed as yamabushi in trousers and with a tokin on its head, holds a sake bottle and a ledger with the characters “sake no kayoi” (sake chit book), behind him an octopus slings his tentacle around the tengu’s body.
Height 3.8 cm