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A wood netsuke of a fox.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD
A wood netsuke of a fox.
By Bazan (d.1879), Nagoya, Mid 19th century. With a captured a rat under a straw hat. The rat is partially coming through a hole in the hat and the fox has the rat's tail in its mouth where is has protruded through another hole. Signed on the side, Bazan. 1in (2.5cm). Provenance: Christie's, New York, March 21, 1985; Lot 760. The Mary Louise O'Brien Collection.