Details
BAT
Ebony, signed Ungansai
Mid 19th Century
1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm.) long

Lot Essay

Ungansai is probably a rarely used go of Horaku who specialized in netsuke of bats. The treatments of Ungansai and Horaku bats are practically indistinguishable. See discussion in Collectors' Netsuke, noted above.