A wood netsuke of a recumbent ox

By Masakazu, Gifu, 19th century

By Masakazu, Gifu, 19th century
Signed in an oval reserve Masakazu.
5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide.

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Provenance:
Eskenazi Ltd., London, purchased 1965.

Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.117, no.K254.

Lying with its head turned to the left, its legs drawn in, two forming the himotoshi, and a rope halter trailing over its back, the slightly worn wood lightly stained and the eyes of pale translucent horn with dark pupils.