Lot 132 Dα

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

The water sprite crawls over a clam, the two valves of which have closed over his foot. The skin rendered in ukibori, the umbo of each shell inlaid with natural purplish shell, the flesh of the clam of ivory, the eyes of gold-rimmed bone. Signed Gyokumin.
Height 2.9 cm