Lot Essay
For another example, also signed Toyomasa, see Joe Earle, Netsuke: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Miniature Sculpture, (Boston, 2001), p.227
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SIGNED TOYOMASA, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE
SIGNED TOYOMASA, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
Of a wasp on a nest with ivory cocoons
4.5cm. high
SIGNED TOYOMASA, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
Of a wasp on a nest with ivory cocoons
4.5cm. high
Literature
François Storno, Le Netzké Errant, (Geneva, 2005), fig.48
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium