A WOOD NETSUKE

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

Carved as a badger wearing the cowl and robes of a priest fancifully formed of lotus leaves with well-defined veins which wrap around the figure, the stalk of the lotus serving as a staff, signed on the back- 1 7/8 in. (4.9 cm.) high