SIGNED TOMOTADA, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

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A STAINED BOXWOOD NETSUKE
Signed Tomotada, Edo Period (late 18th century)
Of an octopus with its eight tentacles raised to its head, eyes and pupils inlaid, signed on the base Tomotada in an oval reserve
1¼in. (2.9cm.) high

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Descriptif du lot

An almost identical from the Huthart collection is illustrated in Barry Davies Oriental Art, The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Non-Iwami Netsuke (London, 1998), no. 67, and is catalogued as probably by Tomotada of Kyoto.

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