THE FIRST SIGNED SADANOBU, THE SECOND SIGNED MINKOKU, EDO PERIOD (18TH - 19TH CENTURY)

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Two wood netsuke
The first signed Sadanobu, the second signed Minkoku, Edo Period (18th - 19th century)
Of a dragon coiled inside a pumpkin, eye inlaid in pale cowhorn, and another of a spider on a lotus leaf
3.3cm. and 5cm. wide

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Lot Essay

The first, with the dragon partly concealed and seen breaking out of a fruit is synonymous with the horse emerging from a gourd; an allusion perhaps to the proverb Hyotan Kara Koma [the unexpected always happens]

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