Details
TWISTED STRING OF CASH
Wood, signed Soko [Morita Soko]
(1879-1942)
1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm.) long, in fitted wood tomobako inscribed Kosen "old coins" and on the underside Kibori netsuke Taisho kinoto ushi shoshun "early spring Taisho 2nd year (1913) carved wood netsuke", signed and sealed Soko, restored
Wood, signed Soko [Morita Soko]
(1879-1942)
1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm.) long, in fitted wood tomobako inscribed Kosen "old coins" and on the underside Kibori netsuke Taisho kinoto ushi shoshun "early spring Taisho 2nd year (1913) carved wood netsuke", signed and sealed Soko, restored
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Collectors' Netsuke, Weatherhill, New York, 1971, fig. 269, with measurement erroneously given as 4.5 cm.