Lot Essay
The artist was a son of Masanao I and worked almost entirely in boxwood
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A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO RATS ON A BAG
One trying to enter the cloth bag and the other standing on its hind legs, eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Masakatsu and kakihan, late 19th century
4.1cm. wide
One trying to enter the cloth bag and the other standing on its hind legs, eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Masakatsu and kakihan, late 19th century
4.1cm. wide