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WASPS ON A NEST BY NAITO TOYOMASA
Estimate
7,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- WASPS ON A NESTBY NAITO TOYOMASA
- Signed Toyomasa
- Wood
- 3.8cm., 1 1/2 in.
Two wasps, with wings spread, on a nest with a forked stalk attached, forming the himotoshi, the underside with sixteen loose grubs with inlaid ebony details.
Literature
A similar example exhibiting a single wasp was sold at Sotheby's New York, 2nd December 1994, lot 213.
For other examples, see The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke, a Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, p.309, no.463; and Barker and Smith, Netsuke, The Miniature Sculpture of Japan, no.212.