‘A Dignified Old Dutchman’, netsuke of a Dutchman by Michael Henry Birch

Signed with initials, carved in 1999
 
H. 8 cm
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The cloak and body in Springbok horn, hat in Molokai Taxis deer antler, eyes double inlaid with drawn crystal rod.
 
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist’s wife

Literature: The Art & Life of Michael Birch, Janet K.L. Birch, Arbon Lambert 2013, p.82