Lot 1153 D‡α

An ivory netsuke of a cluster of frogs on a lotus leaf, by Masamitsu. Late 19th century

A large number of frogs and a single toad are crawling over each over while a snake winds through the cluster and bites into the leg of one frog, all on a lotus leaf, the stem forming the himotôshi. All eye pupils of black glass. Signed Masamitsu.
Height 2.1 cm; length 5.2 cm