Ojime Bead Netsuke Dragon on Ball Hand-Carved Boxwood Signed Figurine 1" #5

Exquisite hand-carved wooden boxwood ojime bead for netsuke featuring a Dragon on a ball. Ideal for collectors or as a unique decorative piece.

Boxwood is a small tree and shrub. Due to the limited size of the material, it is rarely used for full-sized pieces of furniture, but more often for small, carved objects or as decorative inlay. Boxwood is very durable and dense and its fine even texture makes it especially suitable for carving. Because of its extremely small vessel cells, the texture is exceptionally smooth and fine, and the surface polishes to a silky luster.

This bead is delicately hand carved from the finest boxwood by skilled Netsuke carvers and is individually signed.

In Japanese art and culture, skeletons symbolize mortality, the cycle of life, and the impermanence of existence.

• Hand-carved wood
• Detailed woman design
• Collectible figurine
• Small and intricate
• Traditional netsuke
• Ideal for display
• 1" x .75" inches
• no hole