EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST WITH ILLEGIBLE SIGNATURE, THE SECOND WITH SIGNATURE MASAMITSU
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Two Wood Netsuke
Edo-Meiji Period (19th Century), the first with illegible signature, the second with signature Masamitsu
The first of a karasu tengu hatching from its egg, its feathers indicated by incised and cross-hatched lines, broken bits of the egg remaining around the hole in the egg from which the creature emerges; the second of a bird with eyes of inlaid horn, perched on the branch of a bare tree with rough bark, the bird's long tail feathers curling beneath it along the tree trunk
26in. (5.2cm.) wide; 26in. (5.2cm.) high (2)
Edo-Meiji Period (19th Century), the first with illegible signature, the second with signature Masamitsu
The first of a karasu tengu hatching from its egg, its feathers indicated by incised and cross-hatched lines, broken bits of the egg remaining around the hole in the egg from which the creature emerges; the second of a bird with eyes of inlaid horn, perched on the branch of a bare tree with rough bark, the bird's long tail feathers curling beneath it along the tree trunk
26in. (5.2cm.) wide; 26in. (5.2cm.) high (2)