A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a tortoiseIwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The tortoise with its head emerging from within its shell and slightly raised, some ukibori highlights beneath the head, its legs drawn in forming a compact composition; signed with partially obliterated ukibori characters . . . to horu (carved by . . . to). 6cm (2 3/8in).注脚黒柿彫根付　亀　銘 「囗東彫」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.

Published:
Rasmussen, DIS, fig.3.
Earle, Huthart, p.53, no.32.