Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 837
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved as a snail slithering over the top of a discarded...
Estimate £700 - £900
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Description
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
Carved as a snail slithering over the top of a discarded water bucket, the nails inlaid in horn and with the grain of the wood finely carved, signed Masanao underneath, probably for Masanao of Yamada (Ise Province), 3cm.
Cf. V Atchley and N Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, p.69, n.74, for a comparable netsuke of a snail on a water bucket signed Masanao.