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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIDEHARU
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A Wood Netsuke
Edo period (19th century), signed Hideharu
Modelled as a long-haired kappa (water sprite) struggling to free his foot from a clam shell, the animal's hair and scaly skin and the surface of the shell rendered with fine lines and stained, the eyes inlaid with dark horn; signature in a sunken reserve
2in. (5.1cm.) wide
Edo period (19th century), signed Hideharu
Modelled as a long-haired kappa (water sprite) struggling to free his foot from a clam shell, the animal's hair and scaly skin and the surface of the shell rendered with fine lines and stained, the eyes inlaid with dark horn; signature in a sunken reserve
2in. (5.1cm.) wide