Masakazu wood netsuke
19th century
monkey and tortoise
1 3/4 in., 4.3 cm
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the curious monkey is perched on top of the tortoise's shell, peering timidly over the edge, his right finger pointing as if to poke dangerously close to the tortoise's mouth, the eyes double inlaid in dark and light horn, the dark wood bearing a deep patina, signed in an oval reserve, signed Masakazu
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Published:
Expressions of Style: Netsuke as Art, Scholten Japanese Art, New York, August 2001, no. 160
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$7,000
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