A WOOD NAGOYA SCHOOL NETSUKE

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A WOOD NAGOYA SCHOOL NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMOKAZU

The boxwood netsuke intricately carved as a owl perched on an ivy-clad branch, with two chicks appearing from two knots in the wood when the netsuke is shaken, the eyes inlaid in horn and amber, signed in an oval cartouche--5.1 cm. wide