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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD AND YOUNG
By Miwa, Edo, early 19th century
The adult toad grasping a worm in its forelimbs, its smooth-skinned
young resting on its stippled warty back, the eyes inlaid; signed in a
sunken rectangular reserve Miwa with a kao.
3.2cm (1½in) long.
£5,000 - 6,000
JPY700,000 - 840,000
US$6,600 - 7,900
木彫根付 親子蝦蟇 銘「三輪（花押）」 19世紀前期
Provenance:
A Scandinavian private collection.
Purchased at Christie’s, London, 25 October 1984, lot 50.
This netsuke was likely made by Miwa the Third.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE NETSUKE | 67
