Description A BAMBOO TONKOTSU WITH SNAIL ON LOTUS, EDOJapan, 19th century, Edo Period (1615-1868)The fine tonkotsu in the form of a lotus leaf, depicting a snail on top of the veiny lotus. Comes together with a stag antler ojime and a dark lacquered wood obi hasami netsuke with stag antler rimmed himotoshi.SIZE (tonkotsu) 10 x 7.1 cm, HEIGHT (ojime) 0.5 cm, LENGTH (netsuke) 13.3 cmCondition: Good condition with minor surface wear, notches, and an age crack to the tonkotsu. The obi hasami netsuke with some losses to the lacquer.Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.