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SIGNED MASANAO (YAMADA, ISE PROVINCE), EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
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A Wood Netsuke
Signed Masanao (Yamada, Ise Province), Edo Period (Mid-19th Century)
Katabori, stained boxwood; a male macaque monkey sitting on his hindquarters, two biwa (loquats) on a leafy branch lying in front of him, holding another loquat to his mouth with both hands, the fur well rendered with deeply incised and stained lines, the himotoshi formed by the monkey's left hind leg, signed with incised and stained characters on a polished reserve under the left leg Masanao
1 7/16 x 1 5/16in. (3.6 x 3.3cm.)
Signed Masanao (Yamada, Ise Province), Edo Period (Mid-19th Century)
Katabori, stained boxwood; a male macaque monkey sitting on his hindquarters, two biwa (loquats) on a leafy branch lying in front of him, holding another loquat to his mouth with both hands, the fur well rendered with deeply incised and stained lines, the himotoshi formed by the monkey's left hind leg, signed with incised and stained characters on a polished reserve under the left leg Masanao
1 7/16 x 1 5/16in. (3.6 x 3.3cm.)
Provenance
T.E. Beddard
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