A BOXWOOD FIGURAL NETSUKE

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A BOXWOOD FIGURAL NETSUKE
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOSHUN

Carved in the figure of a young woman seated on a bundle of faggots enjoying a smoke, himotoshi formed below the knot of her hair cord, signed in a rectangular reserve on underside--1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) high