Lot 871 Nα

Two wood netsuke

a) A lotus leaf, carved in relief with a spider and a fly. First half 19th century, b) Fish head. Eye and teeth inlaid in horn and bone. Inscription.

The inscription to the fish's back reads: Carved from a dead cypress branch in Kamakura.
a) Width 4.5 cm; b) length 7.4 cm