A wood netsuke of a cat

By Kosei, early 19th century

By Kosei, early 19th century
Signed Kosei.
4.5cm (1¾in) wide.

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Provenance:
Purchased 1973.

Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.37, no.K368 (the signature misread as Hideyuki).

Sprawling over a large upturned bowl and biting one tentacle of an octopus which writhes beneath, the well-patinated wood rather worn and the cat's eyes inlaid.