A wood netsuke of a horse and groom

By Tadahisa, Nagoya, 19th century

By Tadahisa, Nagoya, 19th century
Signed with ukibori characters in a rectangular reserve Tadahisa.
4.5cm (1¾in) high.

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Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.27, no.K141.

The horse standing with its forelegs resting in a large round wooden tub while the groom stands at its side, scrubbing its left flank, the slightly worn wood of good tone and the horse's eyes inlaid with pale and dark horn.