A LACQUER SQUARE HAKO-NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSHINAGA SAKU, ZESHIN SHA (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891) AFTER TOSHINAGA (EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY)
The square hako-netsuke with rounded corners, decorated to simulate the metal work by Yukinaga worked in polychrome hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a hare looking at moon on a shibuichi-nuri ground, with incised bamboo and river, the sides and underside in brown lacquer with incised bamboo and rock; signed on underside
1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) long
A LACQUER SQUARE HAKO-NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSHINAGA SAKU, ZESHIN SHA (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891) AFTER TOSHINAGA (EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY)
The square hako-netsuke with rounded corners, decorated to simulate the metal work by Yukinaga worked in polychrome hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a hare looking at moon on a shibuichi-nuri ground, with incised bamboo and river, the sides and underside in brown lacquer with incised bamboo and rock; signed on underside
1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) long
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