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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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Two Wood Netsuke
Edo period (19th century)
The first of dark persimmon wood carved as a cicada, the himotoshi on the underside; the second carved as an emaciated wolf about to devour a rabbit which he has trapped beneath his paws, eyes inlaid in bone and dark horn
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) long; 1¾in. (4.4cm.) high (2)
Edo period (19th century)
The first of dark persimmon wood carved as a cicada, the himotoshi on the underside; the second carved as an emaciated wolf about to devour a rabbit which he has trapped beneath his paws, eyes inlaid in bone and dark horn
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) long; 1¾in. (4.4cm.) high (2)