MANEKI-NEKO NETSUKE
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The maneki-neko is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. This hand carved netsuke has amazing detail and carvers signature on the bottom.
This maneki neko is in a very dark wood and is 5cm x 2.5cm It has right paw raised and perhaps a coin around its neck. (see below)
Right Paw raised: invites money and good fortune (usually to businesses)
Left Paw raised: invites customers or people
(Some suggest the right & left paws both invite business-related prosperity, but that the left paw is for businesses of the night, such as bars, geisha houses & restaurants. Use of lucky cats in homes is more recent)
Both Paws raised: invites protection of home or business
Coin: wealth and material abundance
Bib and Bell: may relate to protection, as well as wealth and material abundance (showing respect and veneration for the cat, caring for the cat and keeping it warm, displaying wealth, gold bell as symbol of treasure -either material or non-material)
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