A WOOD NETSUKE
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
Of an owl roosting on the branch of a tree, four of its claws visible at the front, its inlaid eyes giving it a quizzical expression, the himotoshi formed by the hollow branch, katabori, wood, eyes inlaid in ivory with dark horn pupils
1.3/8in. (3.5cm.) long
拍品专文
For a similar example, see M.T. Coullery and M.S. Newstead, Netsuke [in the Baur Collection, Geneva] (Geneva, 1977), p. 326, no. C1008.