Description A boxwood netsuke of a coiled rat holding its long tail curved around the body, whilst scratching the left ear and right cheek. The eyes of black horn. Signed Masanao in an oval reserve.尺寸_1: Dimensions Height 4.2 cm; width 3.8 cm出处: Provenance Private collection, Hamburg, acquired from Constantine, London, 1983, sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 6./7.12. 2019, lot 215, Flachsmann Gallery Estate, Kronberg, Germany, acquired at the above auction