SNAIL ON A ROTTED PEAR

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SNAIL ON A ROTTED PEAR
Wood, signed Bazan
(d.1897)
1 1/2 in. (3.7 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Bazan is known for netsuke of rotting pears rendered with ukibori fruit skin. Similar Bazan netsuke are pictured in the Hindson catalogue, nos. 628,629. Here the pear seeds cleverly are carved half exposed.