A WOOD NETSUKE

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A WOOD NETSUKE
(20th century), signed sosui

Realistically carved as a chestnut with smooth sides and rough, granulated top of a lighter hue and with two small worm holes on the rounded side, signed and inscribed on the flat side below the himotoshi, Zo Buraun-sama Sosui Kaneko Yuichi (by Sosui to Mr. Braun from Kaneko Yuichi)--1¼in. (3.2cm.) diameter