A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood mask netsuke
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe mask of a smiling bearded man with crisply carved features, the eyes secured from the reverse using gyokugan (crystal eyes), a bar on the reverse forming the himotoshi; signed Sekiyo Hako Tomiharu chokoku (carved by Tomiharu at Hako in Iwami Province). 5.7cm (2?in).
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黒柿彫根付 面 銘 「石陽波江富春彫刻」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1127.Rokusho 20, p.16, no.22.Earle, Huthart, p.86, no.68.