A WOOD NETSUKE of a hare crouched on all fours with its nose pointed forward and ears pinned back, the details well carved and eyes inlaid, signed Yoshinobu; and another wood netsuke of a hare, signed Masanao, both late 18th/19th century

AFTERNOON SESSION (Lots 201-400) NETSUKE THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE

細節

A WOOD NETSUKE of a hare crouched on all fours with its nose pointed forward and ears pinned back, the details well carved and eyes inlaid, signed Yoshinobu; and another wood netsuke of a hare, signed Masanao, both late 18th/19th century
4.6cm. wide and 3.5cm. wide respectively (2)

拍品專文

Like the fox, the hare is credited with an abnormal span of life, and does not become white until it is five hundred. It is said to conceive by licking the fur of its male companions, or by gazing long at the moon, or by leaping over the waves of Lake Biwa, as in the play Chikubushima.