Statues & Figurines

Unique Netsuke Rat, Handmade Netsuke, Carved Netsuke, Netsuke Mouse, Rat, Boxwood Netsuke, Wooden Netsuke, Netsuke, Okimono, Wooden Figurine Dimensions: height-2,9 cm=1.1" width- 2.9 cm=1.1" depth-5.3cm=2" Rat - symbolizes wealth and prosperity. He is the companion of the god of wealth and prosperity - Daikoku. When the Buddha gave the animals a blessing, it was the rat who first received it through cunning and agility. She grabbed the tail of a bull running towards the Buddha, and when the bull bowed its head for blessing, the rat, slipping along its back and neck, fell right in the palm of the Buddha. At a deeper level, the rat symbolizes creative energy, activity. The boxwood is called iron wood,homogeneous in structure, dense and heavy, well processed and polished. Hand carved of boxwood and toned in a single copy. Its an unique gift for everyone and for collector.