Bidspirit auction | JAPANESE NETSUKE SHAPED AS AN

JAPANESE NETSUKE SHAPED AS AN ABALONE SHELL - Ca. AD 1850. A finely carved wood netsuke in the form of an abalone shell, detailed with naturalistic ridges and textures, signed Tadatoshi. Size: 40mm x 35mm; Weight: 10g. Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex Malcom Fairley ltd, 2009. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.