A WOOD MANJU NETSUKE

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A WOOD MANJU NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MASASADA

Boldly modelled as a dragon coiled tightly around a 'flaming pearl' carved with a cavity containing a small, articulated tiger, the wood well patinated and slightly worn, signed on the underside in a rectangular reserve- 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter