Lot 800 Dα

A very good Edo school boxwood netsuke of a karasu tengu hatching from an egg, by Shûmin. Mid-19th century

A large karasu tengu hatching from its cracked egg, the underside carved with a maple leaf, an oak leaf, and pine needles in fine line engraving, one cord hole in shape of a ginkgo leaf. The tengu’s cap of black wood. Signed Shûmin with kaô.
Height 3.7 cm; length 4.3 cm