A COMPACT AND FINE BOXWOOD NETSUKE
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A COMPACT AND FINE BOXWOOD NETSUKE

SIGNED TOYOMASA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A COMPACT AND FINE BOXWOOD NETSUKE
Signed Toyomasa, Edo Period (19th century)
Of a fugu [Tetrodon historix] fully inflated as he senses danger, eyes inlaid in ebony, signed on the belly Toyomasa
2¼in. (6cm.) long
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated in Paris Edo Convention, Netsuke & Sagemono (Paris, 1994), no. 68.

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