A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a tortoise Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century The tortoise with its head emerging from within its shell and slightly raised, some ukibori highlights beneath the head, its legs drawn in forming a compact composition; signed with partially obliterated ukibori characters . . . to horu (carved by . . . to). 6cm (2 3/8in). Fußnoten 黒柿彫根付 亀 銘 「囗東彫」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection. Published: Rasmussen, DIS, fig.3. Earle, Huthart, p.53, no.32.
A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a tortoise Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century The tortoise with its head emerging from within its shell and slightly raised, some ukibori highlights beneath the head, its legs drawn in forming a compact composition; signed with partially obliterated ukibori characters . . . to horu (carved by . . . to). 6cm (2 3/8in). Fußnoten 黒柿彫根付 亀 銘 「囗東彫」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection. Published: Rasmussen, DIS, fig.3. Earle, Huthart, p.53, no.32.
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