A LARGE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF OR A YAMA-INU (WILD DOG)

A LARGE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF OR A YAMA-INU (WILD DOG)

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

The emaciated beast seated on its haunches with its mouth wide open, its front paw resting on a leg of venison before it, the eyes inlaid, its tail tucked underneath forming the himotoshi and signed Tomotada in an oblong reserve, 5.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. See Japanese Works of Art, 1st July 2020, for the first part of this private collection of netsuke sold in these rooms.