A wood netsuke of a horse

By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, 19th century

By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, 19th century
Signed Masanao.
4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide.

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Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1960.

Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.139, no.K143.

Lying with its head raised, turned back to the left and its legs drawn in for compactness, the well-toned wood slightly worn and the eyes inlaid.

For a similar example, see Bushell, CN, p.95, no.123. Another, from the Martin Newstead collection, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1984, lot 74.