VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A WOOD NETSUKE

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A WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MASANAO

Naturalistically carved in the form of a large toad carrying a small toad on its back with carefully articulated surface and smooth underside, signed on the underside between the four webbed feet, the natural himotoshi formed by the intersection of the two frogs- 1 1/8 in. (3.2 cm.) high