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A carved wood netsuke of a monkey
Signed Tomokazu, Edo period (19th century)
Finely carved as a monkey holding a tortoise retracted its limbs, tail and head, eyes inlaid in horn, incised signature on an oval reserve
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

For a similar work by the artist in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, see The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke; A legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, eds. Hollis Goodall (Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc., 2003), no. 325.

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