PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 
A WOOD ANIMAL NETSUKE

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A WOOD ANIMAL NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Modelled as a cat sleeping on top of a straw mat, surface of the cat polished smooth and the wicker texture of the mat carefully delineated in low relief, unsigned, himotoshi on the flat base--1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) diameter