TWO GULLS (MIYAKODORI) SWIMMING

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TWO GULLS (MIYAKODORI) SWIMMING
Ivory, signed Toshu
ca. 1900
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long
Literature

Lot Essay

The two gulls swim together felicitously. The season is April to May at cherry blossom time indicated by the fallen petals.

A nearly identical netsuke by Toshu is published in Raymond Bushell, The Inro Handbook, Weatherhill, Tokyo, 1979, fig. 33