An ebony netsuke of a cicada on a branch By Masatoyo, Tomita, Iwami Province, 18th century The cicada resting on a piece of branch, a foot on a small twig with two leaves and an acorn, one end of the branch polished and the other with the bark naturalistically rendered; signed Tomita no ju Masatoyo saku (made by Masatoyo of Tomita). 4.3cm (1 11/16in). Fußnoten 黒檀彫根付 枝に蝉 銘 「冨田住昌豊作」 18世紀 Provenance: Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Published: Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.115-120. Lazarnick, NIA, p.739. Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.480. Rokusho 20, p.71, no.102. Earle, Huthart, p.323, no.294.
An ebony netsuke of a cicada on a branch By Masatoyo, Tomita, Iwami Province, 18th century The cicada resting on a piece of branch, a foot on a small twig with two leaves and an acorn, one end of the branch polished and the other with the bark naturalistically rendered; signed Tomita no ju Masatoyo saku (made by Masatoyo of Tomita). 4.3cm (1 11/16in). Fußnoten 黒檀彫根付 枝に蝉 銘 「冨田住昌豊作」 18世紀 Provenance: Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Published: Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.115-120. Lazarnick, NIA, p.739. Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.480. Rokusho 20, p.71, no.102. Earle, Huthart, p.323, no.294.
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