Details
Two wood netsuke
Of a seated Gama Sennin, his toad resting in his hand, signed Kiyo Hidemitsu, 18th century; and a quail on millet, eyes inlaid in horn, signed Ikko, 19th century
1½in. (3.6cm.) and 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) high respectively (2)
Of a seated Gama Sennin, his toad resting in his hand, signed Kiyo Hidemitsu, 18th century; and a quail on millet, eyes inlaid in horn, signed Ikko, 19th century
1½in. (3.6cm.) and 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) high respectively (2)
Literature
For the first piece see Lazarnick, G. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and how to read their signatures, (Reed Publishers Honolulu, 1982), p. 462.