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Each finely carved, one depicting a blind man, a content look across his face, standing while gently resting on his cane, with a small lump on his head and one eye inlaid with ivory. The second an Ittobori pinewood netsuke, rendered as a compact seated frog, its head highlighted by the paler area of the wood, man height 2" — 5.1 cm., The frog is signed by the artist 亮貞津田 (Sukesada Tsuda)
Provenance:
From an Important Private Collection, Canada
Note:
For a frog of the same style by Sukesada, please see Bonhams New York, September 12, 2012, lot 3197
For two additional Ittobori pinewood netsuke, including a rabbit by Sukesada, please see Bonhams London, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, November 6, 2013, lot 75
A snake carved by Sukesada was sold at Christie’s New York, March 21, 2015, lot 1089 as part of The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part V