A boxwood netsuke of a frog on a tortoiseBy Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe smooth-skinned tree frog resting, its raised head bearing an alert expression, on the back of the tortoise which is almost completely enveloped in its shell, the slightly worn wood bearing a fine patina and the pupils inlaid, signed Goho. 4.6cm (1¾in).注脚黄楊彫根付　亀に乗る蛙　銘 「五鳳」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance:Anne Hull Grundy Collection.Published:Lazarnick, MI, fig.2.Rokusho 20, p.55, no.72.Earle, Huthart, p.188, no.162.