A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO PUPPIES BY MASAKATSU

Description:

Japan, Ise, signed Masakatsu, spätes 19. Jh.
B. 3,2 cm
Playfully fighting, one which bears etched piebald patches on its body, pinning the other to the ground on its back. Wood, the eyes inlaid, signed Masakatsu.
From an old South German private collection, purchased at Morel, Sarl Hotel des Ventes de Saint-Die, Saint-Die-des Vosges, France, 20 March 2011, lot 174