A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Carved as a cock and hen

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

19TH CENTURY

Carved as a cock and hen, the eyes inlaid in horn, signed Okatomo in an oblong reserve, 5.4cm.

Provenance: formerly in the M M Hepworth collection.

Cf. N K Davey, Netsuke, A Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, n.197, p.75, where this netsuke is illustrated and discussed by the author.