Lot Essay
This is the only netsuke recorded with this unusual one-character signature
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SIGNED TSUTOMU, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
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A STAGSHORN NETSUKE
Signed Tsutomu, Edo Period (Late 18th/Early 19th Century)
Of a shishi, carved in archaic style with stylised curly tail and mane, reclining on a zabuton [floor cushion], katabori, stagshorn with dark staining, eyes inlaid in horn, signed underneath on a square reserve with a single character Tsutomu (Tagayasu)
1.5/8in. (4cm.) long
Signed Tsutomu, Edo Period (Late 18th/Early 19th Century)
Of a shishi, carved in archaic style with stylised curly tail and mane, reclining on a zabuton [floor cushion], katabori, stagshorn with dark staining, eyes inlaid in horn, signed underneath on a square reserve with a single character Tsutomu (Tagayasu)
1.5/8in. (4cm.) long