Lot 749 Dα

An Edo school dark wood netsuke of a kappa on a hamaguri. 19th century

The heavy-set water sprite crawls over a clam, the two valves of which have closed over his foot. The hind legs with ukibori, the eye pupils black horn, the fluid on top of the head of mottled horn.
Height 3.1 cm; width 3.5 cm