Lot 838 Dα

A Tanba school wood netsuke of a dragon in a mikan, by Toyomasa. First half 19th century

The large dragon with an open mouth and spiky hair is visible through the holes of a mandarin, his whiskers and flames arranged on top of the fruit, at the base a short stem and a leaf with veins in ukibori forming the natural himotôshi. The eye of yellowish horn. Signed Toyomasa in oval reserve.
Height 2.7 cm; width 3.6 cm