A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved as a snail slithering over the top of a discarded water bucket, the nails inlaid in horn and with the grain of the wood finely carved, signed Masanao underneath, probably for Masanao of Yamada (Ise Province), 3cm. Cf. V Atchley and N Davey, The Virginia