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SIGNED MASANAO (YAMADA, ISE PROVINCE), EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
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A Wood Netsuke
Signed Masanao (Yamada, Ise Province), Edo Period (Mid-19th Century)
Katabori, okimono type, stained boxwood; a model of two toads fighting on a sandal, the carving heavily undercut with a large space between the toads and the sandal, the eyes inlaid in ebony, the contrasting textures carefully expressed, the himotoshi formed by the toe-piece of the sandal, signed with incised characters on a rectangular panel underneath Masanao
1 5/8 x 1 5/8in. (4.1 x 4.1cm.)
Signed Masanao (Yamada, Ise Province), Edo Period (Mid-19th Century)
Katabori, okimono type, stained boxwood; a model of two toads fighting on a sandal, the carving heavily undercut with a large space between the toads and the sandal, the eyes inlaid in ebony, the contrasting textures carefully expressed, the himotoshi formed by the toe-piece of the sandal, signed with incised characters on a rectangular panel underneath Masanao
1 5/8 x 1 5/8in. (4.1 x 4.1cm.)