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A Wood Netsuke

WITH SIGNATURE TOMOTADA, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

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A Wood Netsuke
With signature Tomotada, Edo Period (Early 19th Century)
Katabori, stained boxwood; a compact model of an octopus, its tentacles against the sides of its head, the eyes inlaid in ivory and dark horn, with signature Tomotada
1 1/16 x 1 3/8in. (2.7 x 3.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

An almost identical netsuke from the Huthart collection is illustrated in Barry Davies Oriental Art, The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Non-Iwami Netsuke (London, 1998), no. 67, and is catalogued as probably by Tomotada of Kyoto.

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