A WOOD NETSUKE

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A WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIGYOKU

Modelled in the form of Shoki leaning over a well, his sword in his right hand removed from the sheath slung over his back, wood stained dark brown, bottom of the well open to form the homotoshi, signed on the bottom of one foot- 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) high